MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 48.63,-72.25 Latitude: 48.63 Longitude: -72.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 66 SFC 982 217 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.7 314 13 286.8 288.3 285.6 310.8 8.61 2 950 495 9.7 9.5 98 0.2 9.6 312 19 287.1 288.4 284.9 309.0 7.86 3 900 943 8.2 7.5 95 0.8 7.8 288 24 290.0 291.2 285.5 310.5 7.22 4 850 1415 7.6 6.4 92 1.2 6.9 261 31 294.1 295.4 287.0 314.7 7.12 5 800 1915 6.1 4.8 92 1.3 5.4 243 31 297.6 298.8 287.9 317.4 6.76 6 750 2441 2.9 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 235 26 299.8 300.9 288.1 318.1 6.19 7 700 2998 0.1 -0.0 99 0.1 0.0 228 29 302.6 303.6 288.4 319.1 5.47 8 650 3591 -1.6 -1.8 99 0.2 -1.7 212 35 307.2 308.1 289.7 323.1 5.17 9 600 4226 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.9 207 49 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.6 4.73 10 550 4910 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 209 59 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.7 4.01 11 500 5648 -11.0 -11.4 97 0.4 -11.1 212 63 319.7 320.3 291.7 330.2 3.20 12 450 6451 -15.6 -15.9 98 0.2 -15.7 217 67 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.9 2.47 13 400 7329 -21.3 -21.3 100 0.0 -21.3 220 67 327.3 327.6 292.6 333.3 1.74 14 350 8301 -28.3 -28.2 100 -0.0 -28.3 218 74 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.5 1.07 15 300 9386 -37.1 -37.1 100 -0.0 -37.1 217 82 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.0 0.53 16 250 10616 -48.2 -48.2 100 0.0 -48.2 223 95 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.19 17 200 12049 -55.8 -63.1 39 7.3 -55.9 234 89 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 13875 -57.0 -78.7 5 21.7 -57.3 224 66 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16446 -56.4 -84.4 2 28.0 -56.9 235 42 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.68 m Freezing level: 697.72 mb = 3024.92 m = 9924.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.42 mb = 3004.53 m = 9857.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.56 % Est. max temperature: 20.67 C = 69.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.43 mb = 317.11 m = 1040.38 ft T: 11.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.16 C/km ThetaE index: 1.72 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 842.82 m = 2765.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.69 C = 58.43 F Cap Strength: 9.86 C Lifted Index: 11.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.16 C Showalter Index: 8.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.57 C Cross Totals Index: 17.38 C K Index: 24.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12504.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.13 mb = 732.66 m = 2403.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -102.4 tot: -90.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 238.73 m/s