MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 47.48,-80.47 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -80.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 968 409 7.2 6.8 98 0.3 7.0 328 5 283.0 284.1 281.7 300.8 6.43 2 950 561 6.4 6.1 98 0.3 6.2 340 13 283.7 284.7 281.7 300.9 6.22 3 900 1003 3.7 3.5 98 0.3 3.6 358 20 285.3 286.3 281.6 300.7 5.46 4 850 1465 0.8 0.8 100 0.0 0.8 357 15 287.0 287.8 281.5 300.5 4.76 5 800 1950 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.1 -1.6 349 12 289.5 290.3 282.1 301.7 4.23 6 750 2462 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 336 10 292.0 292.7 282.5 302.8 3.66 7 700 3003 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.5 -7.4 321 10 294.5 295.1 282.8 303.6 3.05 8 650 3578 -10.6 -11.1 96 0.6 -10.8 306 11 297.0 297.4 283.2 304.6 2.51 9 600 4189 -14.5 -14.8 98 0.3 -14.6 290 9 299.3 299.7 283.7 305.6 2.02 10 550 4842 -19.1 -19.1 100 0.0 -19.1 276 11 301.4 301.7 283.9 306.3 1.53 11 500 5544 -24.3 -24.4 100 0.0 -24.4 266 12 303.4 303.6 284.1 306.8 1.06 12 450 6303 -30.3 -31.3 91 0.9 -30.4 257 15 305.1 305.2 284.2 307.2 0.62 13 400 7130 -36.0 -48.0 28 12.0 -36.7 263 21 308.2 308.3 284.8 308.7 0.12 14 350 8045 -42.1 -52.9 30 10.8 -42.6 268 27 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.3 0.08 15 300 9074 -47.7 -57.0 34 9.2 -48.0 264 35 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.3 0.06 16 250 10271 -48.9 -65.0 14 16.1 -49.3 264 47 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.02 17 200 11745 -46.9 -76.7 2 29.8 -47.6 266 55 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13646 -48.4 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 265 49 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16288 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.6 257 37 427.6 427.6 308.6 427.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5406.98 m Freezing level: 832.46 mb = 1635.24 m = 5364.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.33 mb = 1623.57 m = 5326.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.08 % Est. max temperature: 12.77 C = 54.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.66 mb = 451.69 m = 1481.91 ft T: 6.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 0.40 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 911.03 m = 2988.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.18 C = 48.53 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 25.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.28 mb = 883.03 m = 2897.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.28 mb = 1292.93 m = 4241.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.28 mb = 1576.15 m = 5171.03 ft B at Equ Level: 13.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 768.28 mb = 2271.22 m = 7451.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.5 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 340.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 8.23 m/s