MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 49.71,-71.91 Latitude: 49.71 Longitude: -71.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 971 386 13.5 4.0 53 9.5 8.5 277 4 289.0 289.9 283.0 304.0 5.24 2 950 569 10.5 2.6 58 7.8 6.6 280 6 287.8 288.7 282.0 301.7 4.86 3 900 1015 6.0 1.6 73 4.5 3.9 282 6 287.7 288.6 281.9 301.3 4.76 4 850 1480 1.7 0.4 91 1.3 1.1 283 6 288.0 288.8 281.8 301.2 4.64 5 800 1966 -1.9 -2.9 93 1.0 -2.3 288 8 289.1 289.8 281.4 300.2 3.85 6 750 2476 -4.9 -7.2 84 2.3 -5.8 284 9 291.2 291.8 281.3 300.0 2.97 7 700 3015 -8.2 -9.8 88 1.6 -8.7 294 9 293.5 293.9 281.8 301.2 2.60 8 650 3587 -11.4 -12.8 90 1.4 -11.8 296 10 296.1 296.5 282.5 302.8 2.20 9 600 4197 -14.9 -15.6 94 0.7 -15.1 280 10 298.9 299.2 283.3 304.7 1.89 10 550 4851 -18.8 -18.8 99 0.1 -18.8 255 13 301.8 302.1 284.1 306.8 1.57 11 500 5554 -23.5 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.5 246 18 304.4 304.6 284.6 308.1 1.15 12 450 6316 -29.4 -29.4 100 -0.0 -29.4 242 22 306.3 306.4 284.9 308.8 0.75 13 400 7145 -36.1 -36.4 98 0.2 -36.1 239 26 308.0 308.1 285.1 309.5 0.43 14 350 8057 -43.0 -49.1 51 6.1 -43.3 234 34 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.2 0.13 15 300 9083 -48.1 -56.4 38 8.3 -48.3 233 49 317.6 317.6 288.1 317.9 0.06 16 250 10278 -49.1 -64.9 14 15.8 -49.5 232 62 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.02 17 200 11751 -47.0 -76.7 2 29.7 -47.7 234 63 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13655 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 232 57 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16316 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.6 228 40 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.54 m Freezing level: 826.23 mb = 1710.96 m = 5613.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.61 mb = 1636.08 m = 5367.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.14 % Est. max temperature: 13.06 C = 55.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.34 mb = 1562.15 m = 5125.12 ft T: 1.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1611.91 m = 5288.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.71 C = 54.88 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 39.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.72 mb = 1568.06 m = 5144.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.72 mb = 1809.85 m = 5937.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.72 mb = 2626.46 m = 8616.89 ft B at Equ Level: 7.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 675.72 mb = 3287.86 m = 10786.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 4.58 m/s