MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 48.46,-118.25 Latitude: 48.46 Longitude: -118.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 1 950 566 SFC 902 1000 8.1 -0.7 54 8.8 4.0 306 1 289.7 290.5 281.9 301.4 4.03 3 900 1015 9.1 -0.7 50 9.8 4.5 302 2 290.9 291.6 282.4 302.6 4.04 4 850 1488 8.7 -4.2 40 12.9 2.9 273 3 295.2 295.8 283.4 305.0 3.28 5 800 1987 5.7 -8.0 37 13.7 0.1 282 5 297.2 297.6 283.4 305.1 2.61 6 750 2511 2.1 -14.1 29 16.2 -3.6 302 15 298.8 299.1 283.1 304.2 1.71 7 700 3063 -1.7 -17.1 30 15.4 -6.6 293 19 300.6 300.8 283.4 305.1 1.42 8 650 3648 -5.6 -17.4 39 11.9 -9.2 274 23 302.7 303.0 284.4 307.5 1.50 9 600 4272 -8.1 -15.1 57 7.0 -10.4 276 31 306.8 307.1 286.4 313.1 1.98 10 550 4947 -8.8 -13.5 68 4.8 -10.5 286 39 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.7 2.45 11 500 5684 -10.2 -19.9 45 9.7 -13.2 288 40 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.58 12 450 6489 -15.0 -27.0 35 12.0 -18.0 293 39 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.6 0.93 13 400 7367 -22.1 -28.4 57 6.3 -23.4 298 49 326.3 326.4 291.6 329.6 0.92 14 350 8335 -29.3 -32.9 71 3.6 -29.9 303 67 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.7 0.68 15 300 9415 -38.1 -41.4 71 3.3 -38.4 310 78 331.7 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10645 -46.6 -49.1 76 2.4 -46.7 311 90 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.18 17 200 12098 -55.0 -57.9 70 2.9 -55.1 312 90 345.6 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.08 18 150 13885 -65.4 -71.7 42 6.2 -65.5 303 79 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16392 -60.5 -84.9 3 24.4 -60.7 261 44 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.18 m Freezing level: 722.78 mb = 2811.31 m = 9223.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.92 mb = 1997.53 m = 6553.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.68 % Est. max temperature: 16.91 C = 62.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.37 mb = 2115.80 m = 6941.50 ft T: 4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 488.28 mb = 5865.21 m = 19242.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.95 C = 102.10 F Cap Strength: 11.50 C Lifted Index: 15.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.21 C Showalter Index: 15.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.84 C Cross Totals Index: 5.94 C K Index: -0.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12899.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.24 mb = 3003.25 m = 9853.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 53.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 74.04 m/s