MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 55.18,-99.26 Latitude: 55.18 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 976 266 16.7 7.1 53 9.6 11.3 342 7 291.9 293.1 285.5 310.6 6.50 2 950 497 16.9 5.3 46 11.6 10.5 342 17 294.4 295.4 285.8 311.5 5.88 3 900 955 13.6 3.5 50 10.1 8.2 340 14 295.5 296.5 285.9 311.5 5.46 4 850 1434 10.8 2.5 57 8.3 6.5 281 10 297.5 298.5 286.6 313.5 5.41 5 800 1936 7.6 2.4 69 5.2 4.9 242 23 299.3 300.3 287.5 316.2 5.69 6 750 2466 5.5 0.9 72 4.6 3.1 240 37 302.5 303.5 288.4 318.9 5.45 7 700 3029 3.8 -3.9 57 7.8 0.1 242 45 306.7 307.5 288.5 319.4 4.08 8 650 3628 1.1 -8.1 50 9.2 -2.9 246 52 310.2 310.8 288.8 320.3 3.18 9 600 4267 -3.4 -10.6 57 7.2 -6.2 250 54 312.2 312.7 289.2 321.3 2.84 10 550 4948 -8.8 -12.0 77 3.2 -10.0 248 59 313.6 314.2 289.5 322.6 2.76 11 500 5679 -14.1 -17.6 75 3.4 -15.2 246 65 315.8 316.2 289.4 322.2 1.92 12 450 6470 -19.8 -22.5 79 2.7 -20.5 246 71 318.3 318.6 289.7 323.1 1.39 13 400 7333 -26.0 -26.1 99 0.1 -26.1 251 77 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.1 1.14 14 350 8284 -33.3 -33.6 97 0.3 -33.3 252 81 323.8 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.64 15 300 9349 -41.8 -42.9 89 1.1 -41.9 254 79 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.29 16 250 10559 -50.5 -52.0 83 1.6 -50.5 255 80 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 17 200 11992 -56.0 -62.7 43 6.7 -56.1 261 91 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 13808 -57.6 -78.9 5 21.3 -57.9 262 68 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16379 -56.9 -84.7 2 27.8 -57.3 272 33 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.55 m Freezing level: 637.92 mb = 3782.48 m = 12409.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.75 mb = 3054.75 m = 10022.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.13 C = 73.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.01 mb = 1482.62 m = 4864.17 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 628.03 mb = 3902.57 m = 12803.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.76 C = 96.38 F Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lifted Index: 7.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.22 C Showalter Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 19.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10218.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.51 mb = 2044.76 m = 6708.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 5.8 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.0 neg: -71.6 tot: 213.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 267.27 m/s