MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.25,-121.92 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -121.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 510 2 900 972 SFC 861 1352 19.6 3.1 33 16.5 10.4 168 5 305.6 306.6 289.5 322.6 5.58 4 850 1460 17.6 1.6 34 16.0 9.0 176 7 304.6 305.6 288.8 320.1 5.07 5 800 1974 13.3 0.4 41 12.9 6.5 192 10 305.3 306.2 288.9 320.4 4.94 6 750 2512 9.3 -1.5 47 10.8 3.8 202 14 306.7 307.5 289.0 320.8 4.56 7 700 3081 6.4 -6.2 40 12.6 0.6 207 24 309.6 310.2 288.9 320.4 3.44 8 650 3685 2.3 -9.6 41 11.9 -2.7 204 26 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.6 2.83 9 600 4326 -2.2 -12.5 45 10.3 -6.2 197 25 313.6 314.0 289.2 321.5 2.44 10 550 5010 -7.1 -15.2 52 8.1 -10.0 194 26 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.6 2.12 11 500 5746 -12.4 -17.6 65 5.2 -14.0 200 29 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.92 12 450 6542 -18.0 -24.4 57 6.4 -19.6 204 33 320.6 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.18 13 400 7412 -23.8 -39.8 22 16.0 -26.0 206 33 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.30 14 350 8372 -31.2 -39.1 46 7.9 -32.2 206 33 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.37 15 300 9447 -39.1 -41.3 80 2.2 -39.2 204 29 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.34 16 250 10668 -49.5 -50.9 85 1.4 -49.6 197 32 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.14 17 200 12107 -54.6 -66.6 21 12.0 -54.9 220 30 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13934 -56.5 -78.6 5 22.1 -56.8 243 43 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16478 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.4 246 36 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.69 m Freezing level: 624.58 mb = 4010.51 m = 13157.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.93 mb = 3187.58 m = 10457.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.67 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.68 mb = 3405.39 m = 11172.40 ft T: 4.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 2.55 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.81 mb = 4554.31 m = 14941.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.82 C Showalter Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 14.03 C K Index: 19.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7824.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.29 mb = 3581.47 m = 11750.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.7 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 230.7 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.8 neg: -10.6 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 38.32 m/s