MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 26 SEP 25 Station: 50.25,-102.33 Latitude: 50.25 Longitude: -102.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 1 950 462 SFC 932 622 10.8 1.8 54 9.0 6.3 158 17 289.7 290.6 282.7 303.2 4.66 3 900 913 11.2 2.6 55 8.6 6.8 169 38 293.1 294.0 284.5 308.0 5.13 4 850 1397 16.8 3.3 40 13.6 9.3 199 39 303.8 304.8 289.0 321.0 5.70 5 800 1913 16.1 0.1 34 16.0 7.5 219 34 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.2 4.81 6 750 2457 12.1 -1.9 38 14.0 4.9 229 30 309.7 310.5 289.8 323.5 4.43 7 700 3030 7.2 -5.2 41 12.4 1.4 228 26 310.5 311.2 289.5 322.2 3.72 8 650 3634 2.8 -11.4 34 14.2 -3.0 224 27 312.1 312.6 288.8 320.0 2.45 9 600 4276 -1.7 -18.1 27 16.5 -7.2 226 30 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.3 1.53 10 550 4961 -7.1 -20.2 34 13.1 -11.2 228 32 315.6 315.9 288.8 320.3 1.39 11 500 5696 -12.4 -28.7 24 16.3 -16.2 232 34 317.9 318.0 288.9 320.4 0.71 12 450 6493 -17.0 -40.4 11 23.4 -20.6 235 37 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.8 0.25 13 400 7366 -23.6 -41.3 18 17.7 -25.9 238 46 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.26 14 350 8326 -31.4 -40.0 42 8.6 -32.4 238 52 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.34 15 300 9397 -39.9 -45.5 55 5.6 -40.3 237 57 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 16 250 10618 -48.9 -54.8 50 6.0 -49.1 239 67 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.09 17 200 12051 -56.7 -63.7 41 7.0 -56.8 242 69 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 13875 -59.0 -80.3 5 21.3 -59.2 255 58 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16389 -61.8 -83.7 4 21.9 -62.0 262 36 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.91 m Freezing level: 618.84 mb = 4034.15 m = 13235.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.44 mb = 3212.96 m = 10541.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.25 mb = 1783.38 m = 5850.92 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.23 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.77 mb = 4424.85 m = 14517.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Cap Strength: 11.30 C Lifted Index: 8.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.92 C Showalter Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 20.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10728.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.63 mb = 2505.73 m = 8220.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 376.2 neg: -10.3 tot: 365.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 97.65 m/s