MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 54.57,-124.53 Latitude: 54.57 Longitude: -124.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 564 SFC 914 888 8.3 1.3 61 7.0 4.9 267 4 288.8 289.6 282.1 302.0 4.60 3 900 1013 10.6 0.3 49 10.4 5.6 280 11 292.5 293.2 283.4 305.1 4.33 4 850 1488 7.8 -1.6 51 9.4 3.4 294 19 294.3 295.0 283.8 306.1 4.00 5 800 1984 4.2 -6.1 47 10.3 -0.1 296 19 295.6 296.2 283.3 304.7 3.04 6 750 2505 0.7 -13.1 35 13.8 -4.1 302 18 297.4 297.7 282.7 303.1 1.86 7 700 3056 -2.0 -20.4 23 18.4 -7.4 291 18 300.3 300.5 282.9 303.7 1.08 8 650 3641 -5.4 -25.7 19 20.3 -10.5 284 20 302.8 303.0 283.5 305.2 0.72 9 600 4264 -9.4 -30.4 16 21.0 -13.8 286 23 305.2 305.3 284.2 307.0 0.51 10 550 4930 -13.7 -32.8 18 19.1 -17.2 286 30 307.8 307.9 285.1 309.4 0.44 11 500 5648 -18.0 -36.7 18 18.8 -20.9 284 39 311.1 311.2 286.1 312.3 0.33 12 450 6429 -22.0 -26.3 68 4.3 -22.9 284 49 315.5 315.7 288.4 318.9 0.99 13 400 7288 -26.6 -26.9 97 0.3 -26.7 284 66 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.0 1.05 14 350 8237 -33.7 -34.0 97 0.3 -33.7 286 79 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.62 15 300 9304 -40.0 -40.0 100 -0.0 -40.0 275 98 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 16 250 10522 -50.4 -50.4 100 0.0 -50.4 276 108 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 17 200 11945 -57.0 -61.5 57 4.5 -57.1 284 102 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 13782 -54.1 -80.1 3 25.9 -54.5 283 68 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16371 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 286 38 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5514.42 m Freezing level: 736.48 mb = 2654.19 m = 8707.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 801.39 mb = 1969.82 m = 6462.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.95 % Est. max temperature: 16.18 C = 61.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.40 mb = 1767.89 m = 5800.09 ft T: 5.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 2.99 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.88 mb = 3581.82 m = 11751.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.70 C = 71.07 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.47 C Showalter Index: 6.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 5.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12654.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.00 mb = 2569.40 m = 8429.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 51.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 28.95 m/s