MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 53.8,-99.97 Latitude: 53.80 Longitude: -99.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -28 SFC 966 261 9.9 6.5 79 3.4 8.1 275 23 285.9 287.0 282.8 303.5 6.28 2 950 399 8.6 5.3 80 3.3 6.9 278 36 285.9 286.9 282.4 302.4 5.88 3 900 844 4.7 3.8 93 1.0 4.2 281 45 286.4 287.3 282.2 302.1 5.57 4 850 1307 1.3 1.3 100 0.0 1.3 287 53 287.5 288.4 282.0 301.6 4.95 5 800 1793 -1.0 -1.7 95 0.6 -1.3 299 58 290.1 290.8 282.3 302.3 4.23 6 750 2306 -3.8 -4.3 96 0.5 -4.0 298 57 292.5 293.1 282.8 303.4 3.72 7 700 2849 -6.2 -7.2 93 1.0 -6.5 295 57 295.7 296.2 283.5 305.2 3.19 8 650 3426 -8.9 -10.6 88 1.7 -9.5 294 59 298.9 299.3 284.1 306.9 2.62 9 600 4042 -11.8 -14.1 83 2.3 -12.5 296 60 302.5 302.8 285.0 309.2 2.14 10 550 4704 -15.6 -17.4 86 1.8 -16.2 296 56 305.5 305.9 285.7 311.2 1.77 11 500 5416 -20.3 -22.2 85 1.9 -20.8 290 53 308.3 308.5 286.2 312.5 1.29 12 450 6188 -25.7 -27.1 88 1.5 -25.9 287 46 311.0 311.2 286.8 314.1 0.92 13 400 7031 -32.2 -32.7 95 0.5 -32.3 277 38 313.1 313.2 287.2 315.2 0.61 14 350 7957 -40.0 -40.5 94 0.5 -40.0 272 36 314.8 314.9 287.4 316.0 0.32 15 300 9004 -40.4 -61.5 9 21.1 -41.2 276 37 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.03 16 250 10245 -41.5 -68.9 4 27.4 -42.4 274 39 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.4 0.01 17 200 11749 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.5 274 40 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 18 150 13651 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 273 37 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16270 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 256 32 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5444.12 m Freezing level: 821.53 mb = 1583.88 m = 5196.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 824.90 mb = 1547.39 m = 5076.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.87 % Est. max temperature: 13.25 C = 55.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.07 mb = 689.18 m = 2261.08 ft T: 6.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 982.00 m = 3221.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.74 C = 51.34 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: 7.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 7.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 21.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.09 mb = 933.32 m = 3062.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.09 mb = 1164.30 m = 3819.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 825.09 mb = 1545.53 m = 5070.57 ft B at Equ Level: 6.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 765.09 mb = 2147.54 m = 7045.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.4 neg: -26.1 tot: 316.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 52.44 m/s