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: 58.62,-124.06 Latitude: 58.62 Longitude: -124.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 1 950 585 SFC 903 1001 5.1 4.7 97 0.4 4.9 61 2 286.5 287.5 282.7 303.2 5.93 3 900 1028 4.6 4.4 98 0.2 4.5 69 2 286.2 287.3 282.4 302.6 5.82 4 850 1492 1.8 1.7 100 0.1 1.7 102 1 288.0 288.9 282.4 302.5 5.10 5 800 1979 -0.3 -0.4 100 0.1 -0.3 283 2 290.8 291.7 283.1 304.3 4.66 6 750 2494 -2.8 -2.9 99 0.1 -2.9 305 6 293.5 294.3 283.7 305.6 4.11 7 700 3038 -5.4 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.8 302 9 296.5 297.1 284.1 306.7 3.41 8 650 3616 -8.9 -9.8 93 1.0 -9.2 317 12 298.9 299.4 284.4 307.4 2.79 9 600 4231 -12.8 -13.6 94 0.8 -13.0 316 15 301.3 301.7 284.7 308.2 2.23 10 550 4889 -17.3 -18.0 95 0.6 -17.5 313 18 303.5 303.8 284.9 308.9 1.69 11 500 5596 -22.4 -23.2 94 0.7 -22.6 296 12 305.7 305.9 285.1 309.5 1.18 12 450 6361 -28.1 -28.8 94 0.7 -28.2 272 15 307.9 308.1 285.5 310.6 0.79 13 400 7195 -34.1 -36.4 80 2.3 -34.4 270 14 310.6 310.7 286.1 312.1 0.42 14 350 8115 -41.8 -43.1 87 1.3 -41.9 248 15 312.4 312.4 286.5 313.3 0.24 15 300 9140 -49.8 -50.7 91 0.8 -49.8 233 15 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.6 0.12 16 250 10311 -55.1 -58.5 66 3.3 -55.2 252 17 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.06 17 200 11759 -49.0 -76.0 3 27.0 -49.6 272 10 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 13652 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 284 11 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.01 19 100 16301 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.4 276 12 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5436.99 m Freezing level: 807.32 mb = 1907.82 m = 6259.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.98 mb = 1899.38 m = 6231.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.87 % Est. max temperature: 11.78 C = 53.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.85 mb = 1056.65 m = 3466.65 ft T: 4.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 0.67 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1449.04 m = 4754.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.42 C = 43.55 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 4.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 25.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 34.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.27 mb = 1489.22 m = 4885.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.27 mb = 1536.66 m = 5041.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 835.27 mb = 1632.33 m = 5355.34 ft B at Equ Level: 18.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 755.27 mb = 2437.93 m = 7998.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.9 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 329.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 17.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 19.95 m/s