MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 56.48,-178.53 Latitude: 56.48 Longitude: -178.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 0 9.3 6.9 85 2.4 8.0 267 23 282.1 283.1 281.0 299.2 6.21 1 1000 45 8.7 5.9 83 2.8 7.3 268 26 281.9 282.9 280.4 298.0 5.84 2 950 467 4.9 4.5 98 0.3 4.7 271 28 282.1 283.1 280.3 297.5 5.57 3 900 906 2.2 2.0 99 0.2 2.1 271 27 283.8 284.6 280.3 297.6 4.92 4 850 1365 -0.6 -0.7 99 0.1 -0.6 271 23 285.5 286.3 280.3 297.7 4.28 5 800 1848 -2.7 -3.5 94 0.8 -3.0 268 21 288.3 288.9 280.8 299.0 3.69 6 750 2357 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.3 -5.4 264 22 290.9 291.5 281.7 300.8 3.36 7 700 2898 -7.2 -8.4 91 1.2 -7.7 259 23 294.5 295.0 282.7 303.1 2.90 8 650 3472 -10.3 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 255 23 297.4 297.8 283.4 305.0 2.50 9 600 4084 -14.1 -14.7 95 0.6 -14.3 252 24 299.8 300.1 283.8 306.1 2.03 10 550 4739 -18.6 -18.9 98 0.2 -18.7 251 22 302.0 302.3 284.1 306.9 1.56 11 500 5442 -23.6 -23.8 98 0.2 -23.6 249 18 304.3 304.5 284.5 308.0 1.12 12 450 6205 -28.9 -29.5 94 0.7 -29.0 241 13 307.0 307.1 285.1 309.4 0.74 13 400 7036 -35.4 -35.5 99 0.1 -35.4 256 9 309.0 309.0 285.5 310.6 0.46 14 350 7951 -42.8 -42.8 100 0.0 -42.8 269 9 311.0 311.1 286.0 311.9 0.25 15 300 8973 -49.2 -52.5 69 3.3 -49.3 261 7 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.4 0.10 16 250 10163 -49.6 -63.2 19 13.6 -50.0 218 10 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 17 200 11643 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.9 -46.0 212 18 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 18 150 13563 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.3 199 17 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.01 19 100 16260 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -48.0 193 23 437.5 437.5 309.6 437.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5397.50 m Freezing level: 860.48 mb = 1268.97 m = 4163.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 861.34 mb = 1258.72 m = 4129.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.50 % Est. max temperature: 12.63 C = 54.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.96 mb = 304.09 m = 997.65 ft T: 6.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.66 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.70 mb = 572.42 m = 1877.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.81 C = 49.66 F Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lifted Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: 7.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 21.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14493.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.61 mb = 555.83 m = 1823.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -15.4 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 4.95 m/s