MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 58.69,-123.83 Latitude: 58.69 Longitude: -123.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 439 SFC 904 849 3.2 -1.6 71 4.8 1.1 216 5 284.5 285.2 279.2 295.2 3.76 3 900 881 5.4 -2.0 59 7.4 2.1 227 8 287.1 287.7 280.3 297.6 3.66 4 850 1348 5.2 -6.3 43 11.5 0.5 253 10 291.6 292.1 281.3 299.9 2.80 5 800 1840 1.5 -8.6 47 10.2 -2.4 277 10 292.8 293.2 281.4 300.2 2.48 6 750 2355 -2.8 -10.0 58 7.2 -5.4 298 13 293.5 294.0 281.6 300.7 2.39 7 700 2898 -7.3 -11.6 71 4.3 -8.8 307 14 294.4 294.8 281.8 301.2 2.25 8 650 3470 -11.6 -15.2 74 3.6 -12.7 296 16 295.8 296.2 281.9 301.4 1.80 9 600 4078 -15.9 -20.9 65 5.0 -17.1 286 19 297.7 297.9 282.0 301.5 1.20 10 550 4728 -20.8 -27.6 55 6.7 -22.0 282 21 299.3 299.5 282.0 301.7 0.72 11 500 5424 -26.5 -34.1 49 7.6 -27.5 288 21 300.7 300.8 282.3 302.1 0.43 12 450 6176 -31.6 -42.9 32 11.2 -32.6 298 25 303.5 303.5 283.1 304.2 0.19 13 400 7000 -36.5 -50.3 23 13.8 -37.3 286 35 307.5 307.5 284.5 307.8 0.10 14 350 7914 -42.4 -51.8 35 9.4 -42.8 283 54 311.6 311.6 286.0 311.9 0.09 15 300 8940 -48.2 -55.8 41 7.6 -48.5 283 63 317.4 317.4 288.0 317.6 0.07 16 250 10135 -49.4 -65.4 14 16.0 -49.7 279 71 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 17 200 11601 -48.5 -74.7 3 26.2 -49.1 272 59 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13486 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 271 46 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16132 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -51.1 274 24 430.8 430.8 308.9 430.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5406.84 m Freezing level: 782.39 mb = 2021.45 m = 6631.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 841.49 mb = 1429.89 m = 4691.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.95 % Est. max temperature: 11.95 C = 53.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.54 mb = 1458.37 m = 4784.63 ft T: 4.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 903.6- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.18 mb = 3029.07 m = 9937.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.15 C = 55.67 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 21.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14471.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.82 mb = 2558.98 m = 8395.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 36.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 25.21 m/s