MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 26 SEP 25 Station: 58.35,-113.35 Latitude: 58.35 Longitude: -113.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 962 320 12.6 1.6 47 11.0 7.2 256 9 288.9 289.7 282.1 301.7 4.46 2 950 428 10.4 0.9 52 9.5 5.9 257 13 287.8 288.5 281.4 300.1 4.31 3 900 875 7.6 -2.1 50 9.7 3.2 269 14 289.4 290.0 281.3 299.9 3.64 4 850 1344 5.3 -5.6 46 10.8 0.7 290 12 291.7 292.2 281.5 300.4 2.97 5 800 1836 1.8 -7.0 52 8.8 -1.7 301 15 293.0 293.5 281.9 301.4 2.81 6 750 2352 -2.9 -7.3 72 4.4 -4.6 297 16 293.4 294.0 282.3 302.2 2.95 7 700 2893 -7.6 -9.7 85 2.1 -8.4 299 15 294.0 294.5 282.1 301.9 2.61 8 650 3465 -11.7 -17.4 62 5.7 -13.3 309 15 295.7 296.0 281.5 300.4 1.50 9 600 4074 -15.4 -27.2 36 11.8 -17.7 291 16 298.3 298.4 281.5 300.5 0.68 10 550 4725 -19.8 -31.1 36 11.4 -21.6 261 18 300.6 300.7 282.3 302.3 0.52 11 500 5425 -25.1 -32.8 48 7.7 -26.1 259 19 302.5 302.6 283.0 304.1 0.48 12 450 6180 -31.4 -32.1 93 0.7 -31.5 256 20 303.7 303.8 283.7 305.7 0.57 13 400 7003 -38.0 -39.5 86 1.5 -38.1 239 20 305.6 305.7 284.1 306.7 0.31 14 350 7907 -45.1 -51.3 49 6.3 -45.3 246 25 308.0 308.0 284.7 308.3 0.10 15 300 8927 -48.3 -60.0 25 11.7 -48.6 266 30 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.04 16 250 10127 -47.8 -64.8 12 17.0 -48.3 276 38 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 17 200 11603 -46.8 -76.5 2 29.7 -47.5 273 42 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 18 150 13501 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.5 271 36 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 19 100 16152 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.4 255 22 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.88 m Freezing level: 781.14 mb = 2030.41 m = 6661.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 835.31 mb = 1485.23 m = 4872.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.47 % Est. max temperature: 16.33 C = 61.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.24 mb = 1692.59 m = 5553.04 ft T: 2.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2508.65 m = 8230.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.25 C = 63.06 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 22.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13885.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.86 mb = 1998.74 m = 6557.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.27 Bulk Shear: 3.86 m/s