MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 55.31,-127.76 Latitude: 55.31 Longitude: -127.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 549 SFC 906 946 7.8 7.3 97 0.5 7.5 142 3 289.0 290.3 284.9 309.0 7.08 3 900 998 7.8 7.0 95 0.8 7.4 149 4 289.5 290.8 285.1 309.4 7.01 4 850 1468 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.2 159 8 292.0 293.1 285.5 310.5 6.43 5 800 1962 3.0 2.8 99 0.2 2.9 172 11 294.4 295.4 285.8 311.4 5.85 6 750 2483 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.2 202 17 296.8 297.8 286.1 312.0 5.15 7 700 3034 -2.4 -2.6 98 0.2 -2.4 227 32 299.9 300.7 286.5 313.4 4.52 8 650 3619 -5.3 -5.6 98 0.3 -5.5 234 41 302.9 303.6 287.0 314.8 3.87 9 600 4245 -8.1 -9.2 92 1.1 -8.5 235 43 306.8 307.3 287.6 316.7 3.17 10 550 4916 -11.8 -13.5 87 1.7 -12.4 233 43 310.0 310.5 288.1 317.9 2.45 11 500 5640 -16.6 -17.9 89 1.3 -17.0 233 45 312.8 313.2 288.4 318.9 1.87 12 450 6423 -22.4 -23.2 93 0.9 -22.6 231 43 315.1 315.4 288.6 319.5 1.31 13 400 7276 -29.0 -30.3 89 1.3 -29.2 232 47 317.2 317.4 288.7 319.9 0.77 14 350 8215 -36.7 -38.7 81 2.0 -36.8 237 58 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.7 0.38 15 300 9263 -45.0 -48.0 72 3.0 -45.2 236 69 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.5 0.16 16 250 10460 -52.7 -56.1 67 3.3 -52.8 229 82 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.08 17 200 11884 -56.3 -67.3 24 11.0 -56.5 231 55 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13724 -54.5 -80.8 2 26.4 -54.8 243 48 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16347 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 251 27 426.6 426.6 308.4 426.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.29 m Freezing level: 745.36 mb = 2533.86 m = 8313.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.29 mb = 2522.28 m = 8275.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.59 % Est. max temperature: 15.11 C = 59.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.60 mb = 1010.46 m = 3315.10 ft T: 7.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 905.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1607.63 m = 5274.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.33 C = 52.39 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 5.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 5.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 26.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10096.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.99 mb = 1496.78 m = 4910.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 250.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 133.24 m/s