MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 52.23,-81.67 Latitude: 52.23 Longitude: -81.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 16 10.4 3.8 64 6.5 7.1 34 9 282.2 283.0 279.5 295.9 4.95 1 1000 154 8.8 2.1 63 6.7 5.6 33 11 282.0 282.7 278.8 294.4 4.45 2 950 576 5.5 0.4 70 5.1 3.2 33 11 282.8 283.5 278.8 294.4 4.15 3 900 1016 2.7 -1.5 74 4.1 0.9 46 8 284.2 284.9 279.1 295.1 3.82 4 850 1476 -0.7 -3.1 84 2.4 -1.7 66 6 285.4 286.0 279.4 295.6 3.58 5 800 1957 -3.4 -6.6 79 3.2 -4.6 74 4 287.5 288.0 279.6 296.0 2.91 6 750 2466 -5.1 -8.9 75 3.8 -6.4 73 4 291.1 291.5 280.8 298.8 2.60 7 700 3006 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.1 340 5 294.9 295.5 283.0 304.1 3.07 8 650 3585 -7.2 -9.2 86 2.0 -7.9 292 9 300.8 301.4 285.2 309.8 2.94 9 600 4206 -9.7 -12.7 79 2.9 -10.7 289 10 304.9 305.3 286.2 312.4 2.41 10 550 4874 -13.1 -17.7 68 4.6 -14.5 302 7 308.5 308.8 286.8 314.1 1.72 11 500 5593 -18.2 -23.8 62 5.5 -19.5 315 7 310.8 311.0 286.9 314.6 1.12 12 450 6370 -24.3 -28.1 71 3.8 -25.0 360 8 312.7 312.8 287.3 315.6 0.84 13 400 7216 -31.3 -35.3 68 4.0 -31.8 6 15 314.3 314.4 287.4 316.0 0.48 14 350 8145 -39.7 -41.3 85 1.6 -39.8 8 19 315.2 315.2 287.5 316.2 0.29 15 300 9179 -47.6 -52.1 60 4.4 -47.8 17 23 318.2 318.2 288.3 318.6 0.10 16 250 10372 -50.0 -63.4 19 13.4 -50.3 354 18 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 17 200 11840 -48.1 -76.0 3 27.9 -48.7 298 28 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 13724 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 296 33 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16343 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 290 36 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5438.57 m Freezing level: 860.66 mb = 1377.62 m = 4519.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 882.57 mb = 1173.25 m = 3849.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.64 % Est. max temperature: 13.22 C = 55.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.59 mb = 832.01 m = 2729.65 ft T: 3.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1473.80 m = 4835.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.61 C = 56.49 F Cap Strength: 13.76 C Lifted Index: 14.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.82 C Showalter Index: 13.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.50 C Cross Totals Index: 15.12 C K Index: 13.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 17.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16284.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.94 mb = 1142.66 m = 3748.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.4 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 14.4 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -1.6 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 8.44 m/s