MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 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 68 1 950 505 2 900 969 SFC 863 1333 20.0 9.0 49 11.0 13.1 309 9 305.7 307.3 292.0 331.0 8.38 4 850 1460 19.6 7.8 46 11.8 12.4 280 10 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.5 7.85 5 800 1981 17.2 4.1 42 13.1 9.6 225 16 309.5 310.7 291.5 329.4 6.44 6 750 2527 12.6 2.5 50 10.1 7.0 209 19 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.3 6.12 7 700 3101 7.7 1.1 63 6.6 4.1 199 22 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.4 5.93 8 650 3706 2.1 -0.6 82 2.7 0.7 196 25 311.4 312.4 291.5 329.0 5.66 9 600 4347 -3.2 -3.9 95 0.8 -3.5 196 27 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.5 4.78 10 550 5031 -7.1 -8.6 89 1.5 -7.7 201 22 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.4 3.64 11 500 5769 -11.3 -15.2 73 3.8 -12.7 206 26 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.35 12 450 6568 -16.7 -23.1 58 6.4 -18.4 211 33 322.2 322.5 290.8 326.8 1.32 13 400 7442 -23.1 -31.0 49 7.8 -24.6 210 36 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.72 14 350 8405 -31.0 -35.4 65 4.4 -31.6 201 36 327.0 327.1 291.4 329.0 0.54 15 300 9479 -38.7 -38.7 100 -0.0 -38.7 206 40 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.45 16 250 10704 -49.0 -49.0 99 0.0 -49.0 202 52 333.2 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.18 17 200 12147 -53.0 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.4 212 51 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14006 -54.7 -81.2 2 26.5 -55.1 212 59 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16532 -63.6 -83.6 5 20.0 -63.7 208 37 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.64 m Freezing level: 629.88 mb = 3964.08 m = 13005.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.43 mb = 3812.59 m = 12508.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.47 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.98 mb = 2717.95 m = 8917.04 ft T: 10.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.73 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.17 mb = 3691.73 m = 12111.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.73 mb = 3377.25 m = 11080.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.73 mb = 4191.88 m = 13752.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.73 mb = 6210.44 m = 20375.20 ft B at Equ Level: 39.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.73 mb = 9439.20 m = 30968.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -4.6 tot: 21.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 55.64 m/s