MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 48.70,-108.94 Latitude: 48.70 Longitude: -108.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -28 1 950 393 2 900 833 SFC 898 853 2.2 1.1 92 1.1 1.7 258 37 284.0 284.8 280.0 296.9 4.61 4 850 1292 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 264 67 285.2 285.9 280.0 296.9 4.12 5 800 1774 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 274 74 287.5 288.2 280.4 297.9 3.60 6 750 2283 -4.0 -4.6 96 0.6 -4.3 291 65 292.2 292.8 282.5 302.8 3.62 7 700 2828 -4.6 -5.2 96 0.6 -4.8 296 50 297.4 298.0 284.8 308.5 3.71 8 650 3409 -6.6 -7.1 96 0.5 -6.8 296 39 301.5 302.2 286.1 312.1 3.45 9 600 4032 -9.7 -10.1 97 0.4 -9.8 287 36 304.9 305.5 286.8 314.2 2.96 10 550 4698 -14.3 -14.7 97 0.4 -14.5 281 40 307.1 307.5 286.8 314.2 2.22 11 500 5412 -20.4 -20.6 98 0.2 -20.4 275 43 308.2 308.5 286.4 313.0 1.49 12 450 6182 -25.9 -26.0 99 0.1 -25.9 285 46 310.7 310.9 286.8 314.1 1.02 13 400 7024 -32.3 -32.9 95 0.6 -32.4 302 42 313.0 313.1 287.1 315.1 0.60 14 350 7954 -37.6 -47.9 33 10.3 -38.3 325 45 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.5 0.14 15 300 9008 -41.4 -63.1 8 21.7 -42.1 336 42 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 16 250 10235 -44.0 -73.4 2 29.4 -44.7 273 22 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.01 17 200 11731 -45.2 -76.0 2 30.8 -46.0 233 29 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 18 150 13643 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 225 46 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.01 19 100 16278 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 221 34 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5439.88 m Freezing level: 863.66 mb = 1166.29 m = 3826.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 868.32 mb = 1120.54 m = 3676.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.51 % Est. max temperature: 10.38 C = 50.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.34 mb = 991.95 m = 3254.37 ft T: 1.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1417.07 m = 4649.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.99 C = 39.18 F Cap Strength: 10.75 C Lifted Index: 10.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.44 C Showalter Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 17.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15792.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.61 mb = 1389.67 m = 4559.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 617.4 neg: -57.6 tot: 559.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 186.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 47.33 m/s