MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 54.67,-109.47 Latitude: 54.67 Longitude: -109.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 1 950 467 SFC 936 590 9.9 -1.6 45 11.5 4.6 253 9 288.4 289.1 280.8 298.9 3.62 3 900 915 8.7 -3.1 44 11.7 3.4 272 28 290.4 291.0 281.5 300.3 3.39 4 850 1385 4.9 -6.8 42 11.7 0.2 283 32 291.3 291.8 281.0 299.3 2.69 5 800 1877 3.0 -19.9 17 22.9 -3.8 294 42 294.3 294.5 280.2 297.4 0.98 6 750 2396 0.3 -25.2 13 25.5 -6.3 289 49 296.9 297.0 280.9 299.0 0.66 7 700 2946 -2.5 -29.2 11 26.6 -8.7 281 54 299.7 299.8 281.9 301.3 0.49 8 650 3529 -6.4 -33.6 9 27.2 -11.8 276 58 301.7 301.8 282.5 302.9 0.34 9 600 4148 -11.1 -43.2 5 32.1 -15.7 276 60 303.3 303.3 282.9 303.8 0.14 10 550 4811 -14.3 -47.1 4 32.8 -18.4 280 67 307.1 307.1 284.4 307.5 0.10 11 500 5531 -16.3 -26.6 41 10.2 -18.6 282 83 313.1 313.3 287.5 316.1 0.87 12 450 6318 -19.9 -23.9 71 4.0 -20.9 278 101 318.2 318.4 289.5 322.4 1.23 13 400 7183 -25.0 -29.7 65 4.7 -25.9 279 108 322.5 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.81 14 350 8139 -31.9 -36.0 67 4.1 -32.4 276 117 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.6 0.50 15 300 9211 -39.4 -43.3 67 3.9 -39.7 276 117 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.28 16 250 10434 -48.4 -50.3 80 1.9 -48.4 273 121 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.15 17 200 11873 -55.3 -62.9 38 7.6 -55.5 274 112 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 13695 -57.5 -77.5 6 19.9 -57.8 271 86 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16267 -58.1 -84.1 2 26.0 -58.5 258 29 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5492.52 m Freezing level: 745.27 mb = 2448.15 m = 8031.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.91 mb = 1404.76 m = 4608.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.57 % Est. max temperature: 16.35 C = 61.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.06 mb = 2028.45 m = 6654.92 ft T: 2.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.89 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.09 mb = 3880.88 m = 12732.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.87 F Cap Strength: 9.17 C Lifted Index: 12.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.11 C Showalter Index: 13.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.24 C Cross Totals Index: 9.52 C K Index: -12.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14145.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.94 mb = 2525.25 m = 8284.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.4 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 310.4 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 228.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 195.68 m/s