MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 40.36,-113.31 Latitude: 40.36 Longitude: -113.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 511 2 900 978 SFC 861 1365 24.3 6.3 31 18.0 13.4 195 10 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.9 6.95 4 850 1474 22.3 6.0 35 16.3 12.5 195 12 309.5 310.8 291.9 330.7 6.89 5 800 1996 17.1 5.0 45 12.1 10.0 193 14 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.5 6.84 6 750 2541 11.9 4.0 58 7.9 7.3 191 15 309.5 310.7 291.8 330.4 6.80 7 700 3114 6.7 2.3 73 4.4 4.3 194 17 309.9 311.2 291.7 329.9 6.47 8 650 3718 1.7 -0.4 86 2.0 0.6 197 18 310.9 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.74 9 600 4358 -3.1 -4.5 90 1.3 -3.8 196 19 312.5 313.4 290.8 326.9 4.57 10 550 5042 -6.8 -10.7 73 3.9 -8.4 201 20 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.1 3.07 11 500 5781 -11.0 -18.4 55 7.3 -13.4 201 24 319.6 319.9 290.5 325.7 1.80 12 450 6581 -16.6 -22.9 58 6.3 -18.3 210 30 322.4 322.6 290.9 327.0 1.35 13 400 7456 -22.1 -25.2 76 3.1 -22.8 220 35 326.3 326.5 291.9 330.6 1.23 14 350 8425 -28.9 -37.4 44 8.5 -30.1 209 34 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.44 15 300 9508 -37.6 -44.8 47 7.2 -38.2 211 43 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.24 16 250 10740 -46.9 -46.9 100 -0.0 -46.9 215 48 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.22 17 200 12181 -54.9 -65.3 26 10.4 -55.1 230 62 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14031 -55.1 -81.1 3 26.0 -55.5 219 57 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16545 -66.0 -83.5 7 17.5 -66.1 193 33 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.76 m Freezing level: 632.65 mb = 3939.91 m = 12926.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.11 mb = 3802.98 m = 12476.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.95 % Est. max temperature: 23.69 C = 74.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.45 mb = 3600.18 m = 11811.46 ft T: 2.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.79 mb = 3657.97 m = 12001.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.23 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.33 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.23 mb = 3516.75 m = 11537.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.23 mb = 3952.04 m = 12965.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.23 mb = 6897.66 m = 22629.85 ft B at Equ Level: 38.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 361.23 mb = 8196.06 m = 26889.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.0 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 232.0 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.93 Bulk Shear: 10.09 m/s