MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 50.26,-124.46 Latitude: 50.26 Longitude: -124.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 584 SFC 927 790 18.6 7.7 49 10.9 12.2 238 3 298.1 299.4 288.4 319.0 7.12 3 900 1043 14.7 6.9 59 7.9 10.3 224 2 296.7 298.0 287.8 317.0 6.94 4 850 1523 10.8 4.1 63 6.7 7.2 176 2 297.5 298.6 287.2 315.2 6.03 5 800 2025 7.3 -2.5 50 9.9 2.7 172 3 299.0 299.7 285.7 310.9 3.97 6 750 2553 4.2 -13.8 25 18.1 -2.3 211 4 301.2 301.5 284.1 306.7 1.75 7 700 3110 1.2 -40.5 3 41.7 -7.0 239 7 303.9 303.9 283.2 304.4 0.16 8 650 3702 -2.3 -45.7 2 43.4 -9.6 250 14 306.4 306.4 284.1 306.7 0.10 9 600 4335 -3.1 -44.8 2 41.7 -10.5 248 22 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.12 10 550 5022 -4.3 -25.5 17 21.2 -10.3 263 24 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.0 0.88 11 500 5766 -8.8 -24.4 27 15.6 -13.2 256 30 322.3 322.6 290.6 326.1 1.06 12 450 6574 -14.1 -27.8 30 13.8 -17.4 239 34 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.6 0.86 13 400 7456 -20.7 -31.3 38 10.7 -22.8 260 28 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.70 14 350 8429 -28.2 -39.9 32 11.7 -29.7 258 40 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.34 15 300 9514 -37.5 -41.9 63 4.5 -37.9 253 36 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.32 16 250 10744 -47.8 -48.9 88 1.1 -47.9 265 31 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.18 17 200 12176 -58.6 -60.5 79 1.9 -58.6 261 43 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 18 150 13966 -62.0 -76.1 14 14.1 -62.1 253 48 363.3 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16479 -60.8 -84.5 3 23.7 -61.1 253 41 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.89 m Freezing level: 682.31 mb = 3319.64 m = 10891.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.06 mb = 2305.21 m = 7562.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.69 % Est. max temperature: 20.40 C = 68.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.23 mb = 2146.35 m = 7041.75 ft T: 6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.07 mb = 2859.51 m = 9381.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.04 C = 73.47 F Cap Strength: 9.05 C Lifted Index: 9.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 10.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.58 C Cross Totals Index: 12.84 C K Index: -18.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8978.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.62 mb = 2246.61 m = 7370.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 26.15 m/s