MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509151800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509151800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 15 SEP 25 Station: 42.1,-115.5 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -115.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 590 2 900 1047 3 850 1530 SFC 828 1749 15.1 -1.0 33 16.1 6.8 310 8 304.2 305.0 287.9 317.3 4.29 5 800 2038 10.6 -1.8 42 12.5 4.5 298 8 302.5 303.3 287.2 315.2 4.18 6 750 2571 5.8 -4.7 47 10.5 1.0 286 9 302.8 303.5 286.7 313.8 3.58 7 700 3130 1.1 -7.5 53 8.6 -2.6 283 10 303.7 304.2 286.5 313.2 3.10 8 650 3724 -0.2 -26.8 11 26.6 -7.3 279 23 308.8 308.9 285.7 311.0 0.66 9 600 4360 -3.3 -32.7 8 29.5 -10.0 278 32 312.3 312.4 286.6 313.8 0.41 10 550 5043 -7.3 -38.6 6 31.4 -13.2 282 39 315.5 315.5 287.5 316.4 0.25 11 500 5779 -11.6 -37.0 10 25.4 -16.3 287 50 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.32 12 450 6576 -18.2 -36.2 19 18.0 -21.2 285 55 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.7 0.39 13 400 7442 -25.3 -43.1 17 17.9 -27.3 285 56 322.2 322.2 289.6 323.0 0.21 14 350 8395 -33.6 -48.1 22 14.5 -34.7 293 61 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.14 15 300 9454 -42.8 -48.7 52 5.9 -43.1 295 65 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.15 16 250 10663 -48.6 -58.8 29 10.2 -48.9 298 63 333.8 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 17 200 12127 -48.2 -71.1 5 22.9 -48.8 296 47 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14007 -52.8 -78.9 3 26.0 -53.3 298 33 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.01 19 100 16559 -61.5 -83.7 4 22.2 -61.7 315 6 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.79 m Freezing level: 657.07 mb = 3640.08 m = 11942.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.39 mb = 2719.35 m = 8921.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.05 % Est. max temperature: 16.63 C = 61.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.39 mb = 3731.49 m = 12242.28 ft T: -0.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.60 mb = 5161.67 m = 16934.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.31 F Cap Strength: 6.83 C Lifted Index: 7.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10106.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.32 mb = 3756.89 m = 12325.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 95.25 m/s