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,-178.60 Latitude: 56.48 Longitude: -178.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 282.0 283.1 280.9 299.1 6.20 1 1000 45 8.7 5.9 83 2.8 7.2 268 26 281.8 282.8 280.4 297.9 5.82 2 950 467 4.8 4.5 98 0.4 4.6 271 28 282.1 283.0 280.2 297.4 5.55 3 900 906 2.2 2.0 99 0.2 2.1 271 26 283.7 284.6 280.2 297.5 4.90 4 850 1365 -0.6 -0.7 99 0.1 -0.7 271 23 285.5 286.3 280.3 297.6 4.27 5 800 1848 -2.7 -3.5 95 0.8 -3.0 269 21 288.2 288.9 280.8 298.9 3.69 6 750 2357 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.3 -5.4 265 22 290.9 291.5 281.6 300.7 3.36 7 700 2897 -7.3 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.7 260 23 294.4 294.9 282.6 303.1 2.90 8 650 3472 -10.3 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 256 23 297.3 297.8 283.4 304.9 2.50 9 600 4084 -14.1 -14.7 95 0.6 -14.3 253 24 299.8 300.1 283.8 306.1 2.03 10 550 4739 -18.6 -18.9 98 0.2 -18.7 252 22 302.0 302.3 284.2 307.0 1.57 11 500 5442 -23.5 -23.7 98 0.2 -23.6 250 18 304.3 304.5 284.5 308.0 1.13 12 450 6204 -28.8 -29.4 94 0.6 -28.9 242 12 307.0 307.1 285.1 309.5 0.74 13 400 7036 -35.4 -35.5 99 0.1 -35.4 258 9 309.0 309.1 285.5 310.6 0.47 14 350 7951 -42.8 -42.8 100 0.0 -42.8 270 9 311.0 311.1 286.0 311.9 0.25 15 300 8973 -49.2 -52.5 68 3.3 -49.3 264 7 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.4 0.10 16 250 10163 -49.7 -63.2 19 13.5 -50.0 220 10 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.03 17 200 11642 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.1 212 18 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 18 150 13562 -45.3 -76.1 2 30.8 -46.3 200 17 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.01 19 100 16260 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -48.0 193 23 437.6 437.6 309.6 437.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5397.12 m Freezing level: 860.93 mb = 1264.98 m = 4150.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.00 mb = 1252.68 m = 4109.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.62 % Est. max temperature: 12.61 C = 54.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.93 mb = 304.56 m = 999.19 ft T: 6.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.30 mb = 575.99 m = 1889.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.79 C = 49.63 F Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lifted Index: 7.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: 7.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 21.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14558.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.38 mb = 557.99 m = 1830.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -15.0 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 4.54 m/s