MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 58.22,-84.53 Latitude: 58.22 Longitude: -84.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -16 SFC 998 0 3.9 -2.7 62 6.6 1.3 313 20 277.2 277.8 274.5 286.0 3.15 2 950 398 -0.1 -5.8 65 5.7 -2.2 314 24 277.1 277.5 273.6 284.3 2.60 3 900 827 -4.3 -6.8 83 2.5 -5.1 314 24 277.1 277.5 273.6 284.3 2.55 4 850 1274 -8.2 -9.7 88 1.6 -8.7 316 25 277.6 278.0 273.2 283.6 2.14 5 800 1742 -11.7 -15.0 77 3.3 -12.5 319 25 278.7 278.9 272.9 283.0 1.49 6 750 2232 -15.6 -18.1 81 2.6 -16.2 320 24 279.7 279.9 273.0 283.2 1.22 7 700 2749 -19.7 -21.8 83 2.2 -20.1 321 25 280.7 280.9 273.2 283.6 0.95 8 650 3294 -24.2 -25.9 85 1.7 -24.4 323 26 281.6 281.8 273.3 283.8 0.71 9 600 3872 -29.1 -30.1 91 1.1 -29.2 321 26 282.5 282.5 273.5 284.1 0.52 10 550 4486 -34.4 -34.5 99 0.1 -34.4 323 26 283.3 283.3 273.7 284.4 0.37 11 500 5145 -39.2 -40.2 90 1.0 -39.2 320 28 285.3 285.3 274.6 286.0 0.23 12 450 5861 -42.6 -44.4 82 1.8 -42.7 312 29 289.7 289.7 276.7 290.2 0.16 13 400 6652 -44.4 -50.4 51 6.0 -44.6 309 29 297.3 297.3 280.3 297.6 0.09 14 350 7551 -41.3 -60.6 11 19.4 -41.9 308 29 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.2 0.03 15 300 8606 -37.5 -68.9 2 31.5 -38.7 309 32 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.6 0.01 16 250 9869 -36.1 -69.3 2 33.3 -37.7 311 32 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 17 200 11414 -37.6 -70.5 2 32.8 -39.3 311 29 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.01 18 150 13385 -40.8 -72.8 2 32.0 -42.4 311 25 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.01 19 100 16117 -44.8 -75.8 2 31.0 -46.4 308 21 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5161.16 m Freezing level: 951.55 mb = 384.82 m = 1262.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 980.41 mb = 143.67 m = 471.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.40 % Est. max temperature: 4.33 C = 39.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.44 mb = 814.34 m = 2671.69 ft T: -4.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.17 mb = 1072.76 m = 3519.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.08 C = 39.34 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 33.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 60.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 29.43 C K Index: 19.11 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.57 mb = 1042.32 m = 3419.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.57 mb = 1268.91 m = 4163.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 540.57 mb = 4605.99 m = 15111.33 ft B at Equ Level: 43.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 470.57 mb = 5557.46 m = 18232.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.8 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 348.8 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 23.02 Bulk Shear: 1.88 m/s