MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 47.55,-104.86 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -104.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 490 SFC 918 785 20.7 3.2 31 17.5 11.0 310 22 301.1 302.1 287.7 316.9 5.24 3 900 953 17.8 2.3 35 15.5 9.5 310 30 299.8 300.7 287.0 314.8 5.02 4 850 1437 13.0 1.3 45 11.7 6.9 309 31 299.7 300.6 286.9 314.5 4.94 5 800 1942 8.2 0.2 57 8.1 4.2 306 30 299.9 300.8 286.9 314.5 4.84 6 750 2471 4.6 -4.3 52 8.9 0.5 297 33 301.5 302.2 286.3 312.8 3.70 7 700 3034 4.4 -20.1 15 24.5 -3.6 273 42 307.4 307.6 285.7 311.0 1.11 8 650 3632 0.4 -16.9 26 17.2 -5.6 264 47 309.4 309.7 286.9 314.5 1.57 9 600 4268 -4.3 -16.6 37 12.4 -8.4 260 46 311.2 311.5 287.7 316.9 1.73 10 550 4947 -8.9 -19.9 40 11.0 -12.2 261 43 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.3 1.43 11 500 5679 -13.4 -28.1 28 14.8 -16.7 265 41 316.8 316.9 288.5 319.4 0.76 12 450 6472 -18.8 -34.3 24 15.5 -21.5 267 40 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.3 0.47 13 400 7338 -25.1 -44.3 15 19.2 -27.3 269 40 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.19 14 350 8293 -32.5 -50.6 15 18.1 -33.8 264 43 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.3 0.10 15 300 9361 -40.3 -53.5 23 13.2 -40.9 257 50 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.09 16 250 10590 -45.4 -66.0 8 20.7 -46.0 267 44 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 12056 -51.8 -70.7 9 18.9 -52.2 268 46 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13886 -58.6 -78.6 6 20.0 -58.9 261 42 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16421 -61.7 -84.2 3 22.5 -61.9 259 39 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.07 m Freezing level: 646.02 mb = 3682.53 m = 12081.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.42 mb = 2542.85 m = 8342.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.15 % Est. max temperature: 20.52 C = 68.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.93 mb = 2953.30 m = 9689.18 ft T: 4.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.01 mb = 4110.43 m = 13485.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.25 C Showalter Index: 6.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 14.63 C K Index: 3.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10446.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.46 mb = 2901.21 m = 9518.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -52.5 tot: -52.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 69.27 m/s