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: 40.50,-113.74 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -113.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 512 2 900 977 SFC 864 1334 23.2 7.5 36 15.7 13.6 153 2 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.2 7.54 4 850 1473 21.0 7.1 40 14.0 12.6 160 4 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.0 7.45 5 800 1993 16.2 5.9 50 10.3 10.1 165 8 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.8 7.29 6 750 2537 11.6 4.4 61 7.2 7.5 177 11 309.2 310.5 291.9 330.7 7.01 7 700 3110 6.7 2.5 75 4.2 4.4 190 15 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.1 6.56 8 650 3714 1.7 -0.1 88 1.8 0.7 199 18 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.1 5.85 9 600 4354 -3.2 -4.4 92 1.2 -3.7 199 21 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.0 4.62 10 550 5038 -6.9 -10.8 74 3.9 -8.5 204 23 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.8 3.06 11 500 5776 -11.4 -17.5 61 6.1 -13.3 204 26 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.94 12 450 6575 -16.7 -22.1 63 5.4 -18.1 211 32 322.3 322.5 290.9 327.3 1.45 13 400 7450 -22.4 -24.7 81 2.3 -22.9 217 34 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.4 1.29 14 350 8418 -29.2 -40.7 32 11.5 -30.6 208 36 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.31 15 300 9499 -37.9 -41.9 66 4.0 -38.2 208 45 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.32 16 250 10730 -47.2 -47.2 100 -0.0 -47.1 214 52 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 17 200 12169 -54.7 -65.6 25 10.9 -54.9 224 62 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14021 -54.8 -81.2 2 26.3 -55.2 216 58 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16540 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.3 -65.4 193 36 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.00 m Freezing level: 632.81 mb = 3933.65 m = 12905.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3814.10 m = 12513.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.84 C = 74.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.29 mb = 3294.68 m = 10809.20 ft T: 5.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.47 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.02 mb = 3515.28 m = 11532.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.06 mb = 3285.62 m = 10779.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.06 mb = 3836.89 m = 12588.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.06 mb = 7266.03 m = 23838.39 ft B at Equ Level: 76.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.06 mb = 9267.74 m = 30405.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.96 Bulk Shear: 39.39 m/s