MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 54.03,-79.41 Latitude: 54.03 Longitude: -79.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 2 9.5 6.1 79 3.4 7.8 208 31 282.4 283.4 280.7 298.6 5.88 1 1000 28 9.7 5.8 76 4.0 7.7 209 35 282.9 283.9 280.8 298.9 5.77 2 950 453 9.6 5.7 77 3.9 7.6 226 58 286.9 288.0 283.0 304.0 6.06 3 900 905 11.6 7.1 74 4.5 9.0 266 63 293.4 294.7 286.6 313.7 7.02 4 850 1381 8.4 6.2 86 2.3 7.2 275 58 295.0 296.2 287.2 315.3 6.99 5 800 1880 5.9 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 267 52 297.4 298.7 287.8 317.1 6.70 6 750 2407 2.7 2.5 99 0.1 2.6 257 52 299.5 300.6 288.0 317.7 6.13 7 700 2962 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.6 252 53 301.9 302.8 287.9 317.6 5.23 8 650 3551 -3.9 -4.2 98 0.3 -4.1 251 56 304.5 305.3 288.0 317.7 4.31 9 600 4178 -8.1 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.2 253 58 306.8 307.4 287.9 317.3 3.36 10 550 4849 -12.3 -12.5 98 0.2 -12.3 256 60 309.5 310.0 288.1 318.0 2.66 11 500 5570 -17.9 -17.9 100 0.0 -17.9 262 63 311.3 311.6 287.9 317.4 1.87 12 450 6350 -22.4 -31.4 43 9.1 -23.9 273 74 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.3 0.61 13 400 7206 -27.8 -46.2 16 18.4 -29.6 276 92 318.8 318.8 288.5 319.4 0.15 14 350 8152 -34.7 -45.9 31 11.2 -35.5 285 95 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.18 15 300 9208 -43.4 -51.4 41 8.0 -43.8 289 98 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.11 16 250 10410 -51.9 -54.8 71 2.9 -52.0 286 111 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.09 17 200 11831 -57.6 -63.5 47 5.8 -57.8 293 112 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13665 -52.8 -80.8 2 28.0 -53.2 287 61 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16282 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 272 39 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5541.35 m Freezing level: 708.49 mb = 2867.61 m = 9408.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.95 mb = 2859.64 m = 9381.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.01 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.82 mb = 428.81 m = 1406.86 ft T: 9.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 0.05 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.80 mb = 2408.63 m = 7902.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lifted Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.23 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12924.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.39 mb = 947.70 m = 3109.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 56.7 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 42.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 3.5 tot: 12.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 764.6 neg: -87.7 tot: 676.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 225.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.1 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 146.64 m/s