MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 42.48,-123.75 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -123.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 483 SFC 936 610 9.7 8.1 90 1.6 8.8 218 7 288.2 289.5 284.8 308.6 7.23 3 900 931 6.9 4.4 84 2.5 5.6 227 18 288.6 289.6 283.5 305.2 5.84 4 850 1398 2.8 2.4 97 0.4 2.7 231 24 289.1 290.1 283.2 304.4 5.36 5 800 1886 -0.7 -1.5 95 0.7 -1.0 233 33 290.4 291.1 282.5 302.8 4.30 6 750 2398 -3.9 -6.3 83 2.4 -4.9 228 39 292.3 292.9 282.0 301.7 3.17 7 700 2939 -7.6 -10.7 79 3.1 -8.7 225 42 294.1 294.5 281.9 301.4 2.42 8 650 3512 -11.1 -14.6 75 3.5 -12.1 223 48 296.4 296.8 282.3 302.3 1.90 9 600 4122 -15.0 -18.4 75 3.4 -15.9 220 55 298.8 299.0 282.8 303.5 1.50 10 550 4774 -19.7 -21.7 84 2.0 -20.1 215 57 300.7 300.9 283.2 304.6 1.22 11 500 5474 -24.9 -25.6 94 0.7 -25.0 214 58 302.7 302.9 283.7 305.8 0.95 12 450 6231 -30.7 -30.9 98 0.2 -30.7 215 54 304.7 304.8 284.1 306.8 0.65 13 400 7064 -30.3 -51.3 11 21.0 -31.8 233 68 315.6 315.6 287.4 315.9 0.08 14 350 8018 -29.1 -64.3 2 35.2 -31.2 246 91 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.02 15 300 9112 -33.1 -67.2 2 34.1 -34.8 253 101 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.8 0.02 16 250 10378 -38.9 -70.1 2 31.3 -40.1 249 100 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 17 200 11889 -44.7 -75.5 2 30.8 -45.6 250 99 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 18 150 13783 -51.8 -80.3 2 28.6 -52.3 253 76 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16374 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 234 37 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5420.55 m Freezing level: 810.14 mb = 1786.76 m = 5862.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 814.02 mb = 1745.93 m = 5728.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.30 % Est. max temperature: 12.29 C = 54.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.96 mb = 812.98 m = 2667.23 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 7.26 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1280.56 m = 4201.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.41 C = 50.73 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 27.30 C K Index: 27.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.08 mb = 1254.30 m = 4115.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.08 mb = 1397.10 m = 4583.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 540.08 mb = 4907.61 m = 16100.90 ft B at Equ Level: 92.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 420.08 mb = 6717.42 m = 22038.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 121.41 m/s