MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 51.07,-104.7 Latitude: 51.07 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 955 555 6.7 4.3 84 2.5 5.5 2 7 283.6 284.6 280.8 298.8 5.44 2 950 594 6.0 4.0 87 2.0 5.0 4 9 283.3 284.2 280.6 298.2 5.36 3 900 1034 2.1 2.1 100 0.0 2.1 7 10 283.7 284.6 280.3 297.5 4.95 4 850 1493 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.4 22 8 285.7 286.5 280.4 298.0 4.32 5 800 1976 -2.5 -2.7 99 0.2 -2.6 19 4 288.4 289.1 281.2 299.7 3.91 6 750 2486 -4.9 -5.0 99 0.1 -4.9 300 5 291.3 291.9 282.0 301.6 3.52 7 700 3027 -6.4 -6.6 99 0.2 -6.5 284 10 295.4 296.0 283.5 305.3 3.33 8 650 3605 -8.5 -9.6 92 1.0 -8.9 262 14 299.3 299.8 284.5 308.0 2.85 9 600 4222 -12.1 -14.5 83 2.3 -12.9 254 14 302.1 302.5 284.8 308.6 2.08 10 550 4881 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.4 246 14 304.3 304.5 284.9 309.0 1.47 11 500 5591 -21.3 -27.0 60 5.7 -22.4 240 14 307.0 307.2 285.2 309.8 0.83 12 450 6358 -27.5 -32.9 60 5.3 -28.3 239 12 308.6 308.7 285.5 310.5 0.53 13 400 7194 -33.9 -38.9 61 5.0 -34.4 304 4 311.0 311.0 286.1 312.1 0.33 14 350 8116 -40.3 -46.1 54 5.8 -40.7 359 9 314.3 314.4 287.1 315.0 0.17 15 300 9158 -43.7 -58.9 17 15.1 -44.3 245 22 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.05 16 250 10375 -46.2 -66.7 8 20.5 -46.7 236 39 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 17 200 11852 -47.8 -75.8 3 28.0 -48.4 240 47 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 13733 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 248 52 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16354 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 242 44 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5420.30 m Freezing level: 858.15 mb = 1418.05 m = 4652.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.71 mb = 1411.03 m = 4629.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.69 % Est. max temperature: 11.23 C = 52.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.88 mb = 864.64 m = 2836.71 ft T: 3.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 1.25 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.85 mb = 1052.77 m = 3453.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.88 C = 44.38 F Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lifted Index: 9.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Showalter Index: 9.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 20.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 30.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.68 mb = 1081.20 m = 3547.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.68 mb = 1126.24 m = 3694.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 869.68 mb = 1308.97 m = 4294.47 ft B at Equ Level: 9.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.68 mb = 1979.33 m = 6493.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 30.77 m/s