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: 40.66,-113.02 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -113.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 516 2 900 981 SFC 852 1452 23.2 6.1 33 17.1 12.9 202 12 310.2 311.6 292.2 331.7 6.95 4 850 1476 22.3 6.0 35 16.3 12.5 201 13 309.5 310.8 291.9 330.7 6.90 5 800 1997 17.0 4.9 45 12.1 9.9 196 17 309.3 310.6 291.8 330.3 6.82 6 750 2543 11.8 4.0 59 7.8 7.3 193 18 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.3 6.79 7 700 3115 6.4 2.8 78 3.6 4.4 190 18 309.5 310.8 291.7 330.2 6.70 8 650 3718 1.4 -0.0 90 1.4 0.6 190 20 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.7 5.88 9 600 4357 -3.1 -4.2 92 1.1 -3.7 191 20 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.67 10 550 5042 -6.7 -10.7 73 4.0 -8.3 198 21 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.1 3.07 11 500 5781 -11.0 -17.4 59 6.4 -13.1 194 24 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.2 1.95 12 450 6581 -16.6 -21.1 68 4.6 -17.9 212 31 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.8 1.57 13 400 7456 -22.1 -24.1 84 2.0 -22.6 225 35 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.1 1.37 14 350 8426 -28.6 -31.2 78 2.7 -29.0 211 33 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.81 15 300 9509 -37.6 -40.8 72 3.2 -37.9 211 39 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10742 -47.0 -47.0 100 -0.0 -47.0 214 45 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.22 17 200 12181 -55.7 -64.1 34 8.4 -55.8 230 60 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14031 -54.8 -81.1 2 26.3 -55.2 220 55 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16545 -65.8 -83.5 7 17.7 -66.0 193 33 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.49 m Freezing level: 634.90 mb = 3910.86 m = 12830.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.92 mb = 3805.12 m = 12483.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.48 % Est. max temperature: 22.54 C = 72.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.30 mb = 3577.36 m = 11736.61 ft T: 2.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 5.56 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3617.96 m = 11869.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.34 C = 74.01 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.88 mb = 3509.02 m = 11512.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.88 mb = 3818.06 m = 12526.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.88 mb = 6716.64 m = 22035.95 ft B at Equ Level: 29.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.88 mb = 7793.06 m = 25567.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.1 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 231.1 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 7.78 m/s