MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 44.69,-118.17 Latitude: 44.69 Longitude: -118.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 1 950 594 2 900 1045 SFC 859 1429 7.6 -4.6 42 12.2 2.3 292 4 293.2 293.8 282.4 302.6 3.16 4 850 1517 7.2 -5.0 42 12.1 2.0 295 7 293.7 294.2 282.5 302.9 3.11 5 800 2013 4.6 -6.7 44 11.2 -0.1 300 17 296.0 296.5 283.3 304.7 2.89 6 750 2537 3.4 -17.4 20 20.8 -3.5 311 28 300.2 300.5 283.1 304.4 1.30 7 700 3095 2.5 -18.3 20 20.7 -4.4 310 30 305.2 305.5 285.1 309.4 1.30 8 650 3692 0.6 -11.4 40 11.9 -4.2 310 30 309.6 310.1 287.9 317.5 2.47 9 600 4332 -1.6 -11.1 48 9.5 -5.4 318 30 314.3 314.8 289.8 323.2 2.74 10 550 5021 -4.5 -13.1 51 8.6 -7.8 313 37 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.2 2.53 11 500 5766 -8.7 -16.6 53 7.8 -11.5 306 41 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.09 12 450 6575 -13.4 -21.5 51 8.1 -15.8 313 41 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.8 1.53 13 400 7460 -19.8 -27.8 49 8.1 -21.6 322 45 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.8 0.97 14 350 8435 -28.0 -33.5 59 5.5 -28.9 317 52 331.0 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.65 15 300 9520 -37.3 -38.8 86 1.5 -37.5 318 58 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.44 16 250 10752 -46.5 -46.5 99 0.1 -46.5 328 66 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12203 -55.3 -56.6 85 1.4 -55.3 329 65 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.09 18 150 13990 -65.0 -71.5 40 6.5 -65.1 327 58 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.02 19 100 16467 -62.2 -84.4 4 22.2 -62.4 282 29 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.96 m Freezing level: 636.88 mb = 3859.79 m = 12663.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.05 mb = 1982.28 m = 6503.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.82 % Est. max temperature: 18.21 C = 64.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.36 mb = 2953.69 m = 9690.48 ft T: 2.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 434.08 mb = 6845.45 m = 22458.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.26 C = 104.47 F Cap Strength: 16.07 C Lifted Index: 17.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.39 C Showalter Index: 18.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.93 C Cross Totals Index: 3.79 C K Index: -9.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14083.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.10 mb = 3543.41 m = 11625.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.8 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 341.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 69.27 m/s