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: 58.62,-112.49 Latitude: 58.62 Longitude: -112.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 969 222 9.2 4.2 71 5.0 6.6 251 11 284.9 285.8 281.3 299.8 5.33 2 950 388 8.1 2.8 69 5.3 5.5 255 23 285.4 286.3 281.0 299.3 4.93 3 900 832 4.7 0.7 75 4.0 2.8 261 33 286.3 287.1 280.9 299.0 4.46 4 850 1295 1.7 -1.0 83 2.6 0.5 275 33 287.9 288.6 281.3 299.9 4.19 5 800 1781 -1.1 -2.5 91 1.4 -1.7 276 36 289.9 290.6 282.0 301.5 3.98 6 750 2293 -4.2 -5.9 88 1.6 -4.9 272 36 292.0 292.5 282.0 301.6 3.28 7 700 2834 -7.1 -10.7 75 3.6 -8.4 274 37 294.6 295.0 282.1 301.9 2.41 8 650 3409 -10.0 -15.3 65 5.3 -11.6 279 39 297.6 297.9 282.7 303.1 1.78 9 600 4022 -13.8 -20.8 56 7.0 -15.6 289 39 300.1 300.3 283.0 304.0 1.21 10 550 4676 -19.0 -23.0 71 4.0 -19.8 286 29 301.6 301.8 283.4 305.1 1.10 11 500 5377 -25.0 -27.6 79 2.6 -25.4 281 26 302.6 302.8 283.5 305.2 0.79 12 450 6134 -30.7 -33.6 76 2.9 -31.0 283 12 304.6 304.7 283.9 306.3 0.50 13 400 6960 -35.9 -46.0 35 10.1 -36.6 276 29 308.3 308.4 284.9 308.9 0.15 14 350 7879 -39.9 -56.5 15 16.6 -40.6 277 58 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.1 0.05 15 300 8924 -43.0 -62.8 10 19.7 -43.6 277 73 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.03 16 250 10143 -46.4 -68.9 6 22.5 -46.9 276 86 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.01 17 200 11619 -47.4 -77.0 2 29.6 -48.0 269 62 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 13513 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.7 258 63 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16155 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.9 243 27 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.03 m Freezing level: 820.30 mb = 1583.84 m = 5196.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.03 mb = 1399.23 m = 4590.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.23 % Est. max temperature: 13.41 C = 56.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.25 mb = 847.31 m = 2779.87 ft T: 4.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 0.78 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1582.06 m = 5190.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.38 C = 56.08 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 4.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 22.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13944.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.00 mb = 1219.05 m = 3999.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 177.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 20.80 m/s