MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 57.61,-66.89 Latitude: 57.61 Longitude: -66.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 985 216 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.1 250 15 275.8 276.5 275.0 286.9 4.05 2 950 507 -0.7 -0.8 100 0.0 -0.7 257 25 276.4 277.1 275.0 286.9 3.81 3 900 937 -3.5 -4.0 96 0.5 -3.7 276 28 277.9 278.5 275.0 286.7 3.16 4 850 1386 -6.5 -6.6 99 0.2 -6.5 278 30 279.4 279.9 275.1 287.1 2.73 5 800 1858 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.1 277 33 281.8 282.2 275.8 288.4 2.31 6 750 2358 -9.2 -12.6 76 3.4 -10.2 272 37 286.6 287.0 277.8 292.3 1.94 7 700 2889 -11.1 -15.4 70 4.3 -12.3 270 42 290.2 290.5 279.2 295.2 1.65 8 650 3456 -13.8 -17.7 72 3.9 -14.8 269 46 293.3 293.6 280.4 297.8 1.46 9 600 4060 -16.8 -21.7 66 4.9 -17.9 268 49 296.7 296.9 281.4 300.3 1.13 10 550 4709 -20.0 -25.1 64 5.1 -21.0 268 49 300.3 300.5 282.7 303.2 0.91 11 500 5410 -24.0 -29.5 60 5.5 -24.9 271 45 303.8 303.9 283.8 306.0 0.66 12 450 6171 -29.3 -33.4 68 4.0 -29.9 272 39 306.4 306.4 284.6 308.1 0.51 13 400 7001 -35.2 -36.9 84 1.7 -35.3 269 29 309.3 309.4 285.6 310.7 0.41 14 350 7919 -42.1 -43.8 84 1.6 -42.2 275 26 311.9 312.0 286.3 312.7 0.23 15 300 8941 -50.5 -52.7 78 2.2 -50.6 274 21 314.1 314.1 286.9 314.5 0.10 16 250 10117 -53.1 -62.1 33 8.9 -53.3 263 20 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.04 17 200 11579 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.4 -47.4 257 27 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 13496 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -46.2 246 24 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.01 19 100 16198 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -47.3 227 20 439.1 439.1 309.8 439.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5316.15 m Freezing level: 961.56 mb = 410.69 m = 1347.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 964.08 mb = 388.53 m = 1274.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.38 % Est. max temperature: 5.73 C = 42.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.75 mb = 324.93 m = 1066.04 ft T: 0.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 0.13 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 698.66 m = 2292.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.78 C = 37.00 F Cap Strength: 12.57 C Lifted Index: 14.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.68 C Showalter Index: 14.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 6.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17984.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.08 mb = 683.79 m = 2243.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 45.23 m/s