MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 59.54,-109.58 Latitude: 59.54 Longitude: -109.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 970 245 11.3 5.1 65 6.2 8.0 208 6 287.0 288.0 282.6 303.0 5.66 2 950 416 12.1 0.6 45 11.4 6.5 243 7 289.4 290.2 282.0 301.6 4.22 3 900 866 9.3 -1.4 47 10.7 4.3 273 12 291.1 291.8 282.3 302.2 3.82 4 850 1336 4.9 -2.5 59 7.4 1.6 278 14 291.3 291.9 282.3 302.2 3.74 5 800 1827 0.3 -3.8 74 4.1 -1.4 284 15 291.5 292.1 282.2 302.1 3.61 6 750 2340 -3.7 -7.4 75 3.8 -5.1 295 17 292.6 293.1 281.8 301.2 2.91 7 700 2881 -7.5 -12.7 66 5.2 -9.2 293 20 294.1 294.5 281.5 300.4 2.05 8 650 3454 -11.1 -20.1 47 9.0 -13.3 294 23 296.5 296.7 281.4 300.2 1.19 9 600 4064 -15.2 -26.9 36 11.7 -17.5 299 22 298.5 298.7 281.7 300.8 0.70 10 550 4715 -19.5 -34.4 26 14.8 -21.7 292 20 300.9 301.0 282.3 302.2 0.38 11 500 5416 -24.8 -33.1 46 8.3 -26.0 278 19 302.7 302.8 283.1 304.3 0.47 12 450 6172 -31.1 -34.7 71 3.5 -31.6 277 20 304.1 304.2 283.7 305.6 0.45 13 400 6994 -38.2 -41.9 68 3.7 -38.5 258 19 305.3 305.4 283.8 306.2 0.24 14 350 7900 -44.1 -53.0 36 8.9 -44.4 251 26 309.3 309.3 285.2 309.6 0.08 15 300 8925 -47.4 -61.8 18 14.4 -47.8 273 33 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.6 0.03 16 250 10128 -47.6 -66.2 10 18.6 -48.1 278 37 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.3 0.02 17 200 11599 -48.4 -76.5 2 28.2 -49.0 279 42 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 13489 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 267 41 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 19 100 16140 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.2 275 30 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5430.17 m Freezing level: 795.93 mb = 1868.52 m = 6130.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.71 mb = 1590.42 m = 5217.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.36 % Est. max temperature: 15.70 C = 60.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.86 mb = 1033.71 m = 3391.39 ft T: 7.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.21 mb = 2211.92 m = 7256.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.58 C = 61.85 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 2.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 22.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12686.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.20 mb = 1965.25 m = 6447.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 21.38 m/s