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: 49.89,-97.18 Latitude: 49.89 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 983 238 26.5 14.7 48 11.8 18.7 154 13 301.1 303.1 292.4 332.8 10.75 2 950 534 23.3 12.8 52 10.4 16.5 159 22 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.8 9.84 3 900 1003 18.9 11.6 63 7.3 14.3 164 27 301.0 302.7 291.5 329.2 9.57 4 850 1490 14.8 9.9 73 4.9 11.8 170 32 301.7 303.3 291.3 328.5 9.06 5 800 2001 12.4 7.4 72 4.9 9.4 183 37 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.7 8.11 6 750 2541 9.8 5.4 74 4.3 7.2 203 30 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.1 7.53 7 700 3111 6.1 3.0 80 3.1 4.4 215 25 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.2 6.80 8 650 3715 1.9 -1.5 78 3.4 0.2 221 24 311.1 312.1 291.0 327.6 5.28 9 600 4355 -3.0 -5.2 85 2.1 -4.0 229 25 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.3 4.33 10 550 5039 -6.8 -8.2 90 1.3 -7.4 232 24 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.75 11 500 5778 -10.8 -14.0 78 3.1 -12.0 230 23 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.5 2.60 12 450 6580 -16.1 -19.8 73 3.7 -17.2 230 23 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.0 1.76 13 400 7456 -22.4 -26.9 66 4.6 -23.4 231 19 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.7 1.05 14 350 8422 -30.3 -34.2 69 3.9 -30.9 240 19 327.9 328.1 291.7 330.2 0.60 15 300 9497 -39.1 -44.7 55 5.6 -39.5 246 23 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.24 16 250 10720 -48.2 -56.0 40 7.7 -48.5 264 18 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12174 -52.1 -69.0 11 16.9 -52.5 243 26 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14036 -54.3 -81.2 2 26.8 -54.7 247 24 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16565 -62.9 -83.3 5 20.4 -63.1 231 24 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.59 m Freezing level: 630.92 mb = 3958.90 m = 12988.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.02 mb = 3739.04 m = 12267.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.33 mb = 1718.18 m = 5637.00 ft T: 13.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 4.28 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2642.73 m = 8670.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.16 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.19 mb = 1863.54 m = 6113.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.19 mb = 4116.05 m = 13503.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.19 mb = 5501.13 m = 18048.10 ft B at Equ Level: 15.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.19 mb = 6609.97 m = 21686.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 237.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 46.59 m/s