MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 48.76,-125.07 Latitude: 48.76 Longitude: -125.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 999 155 12.7 12.0 95 0.7 12.3 337 1 285.9 287.4 285.4 310.3 8.81 2 950 581 12.3 10.4 88 1.9 11.2 268 3 289.6 291.1 286.5 313.2 8.36 3 900 1035 12.0 6.9 71 5.1 9.1 226 2 293.9 295.1 286.7 313.9 6.93 4 850 1513 10.7 4.7 67 5.9 7.4 118 3 297.3 298.5 287.4 315.9 6.33 5 800 2016 7.7 1.3 64 6.3 4.4 104 6 299.3 300.3 287.1 315.0 5.26 6 750 2544 3.9 -2.5 63 6.4 0.9 108 7 300.8 301.6 286.6 313.7 4.25 7 700 3101 0.1 -6.1 63 6.3 -2.6 107 9 302.6 303.3 286.5 313.3 3.46 8 650 3691 -3.6 -10.9 57 7.3 -6.4 114 11 304.9 305.3 286.4 312.9 2.56 9 600 4319 -7.5 -15.6 52 8.2 -10.1 125 15 307.5 307.8 286.6 313.5 1.88 10 550 4990 -12.1 -19.1 56 7.0 -14.1 126 17 309.8 310.1 287.0 314.8 1.53 11 500 5712 -17.3 -20.8 74 3.5 -18.2 136 19 312.0 312.2 287.7 316.8 1.46 12 450 6492 -23.3 -26.2 77 3.0 -23.9 137 21 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.4 1.00 13 400 7342 -30.5 -32.7 81 2.2 -30.9 131 22 315.3 315.4 287.9 317.4 0.61 14 350 8274 -38.2 -40.3 81 2.1 -38.4 140 24 317.2 317.3 288.2 318.4 0.33 15 300 9332 -37.9 -59.5 9 21.6 -39.0 154 26 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 16 250 10586 -39.0 -71.5 2 32.5 -40.2 123 12 348.0 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 17 200 12101 -43.4 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.4 104 11 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 18 150 14008 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.2 95 8 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 19 100 16615 -57.1 -84.2 2 27.0 -57.5 90 7 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.01 m Freezing level: 698.05 mb = 3124.08 m = 10249.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.00 mb = 2685.27 m = 8809.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.94 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.84 mb = 244.12 m = 800.90 ft T: 12.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 3.04 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.12 mb = 2065.82 m = 6777.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 26.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12167.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.34 mb = 902.09 m = 2959.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.7 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 154.7 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 19.13 m/s