MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 46.47,-97.92 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 963 404 25.4 17.0 60 8.4 19.7 163 9 301.8 304.2 294.2 339.5 12.79 2 950 524 26.0 15.9 54 10.1 19.1 166 16 303.6 305.8 294.1 339.4 12.05 3 900 998 22.9 14.2 58 8.6 17.1 188 26 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.2 11.42 4 850 1494 19.1 12.9 67 6.2 15.1 202 33 306.2 308.3 294.2 339.5 11.09 5 800 2012 15.0 11.7 81 3.3 12.9 214 39 307.1 309.2 294.3 339.9 10.87 6 750 2556 12.3 8.5 77 3.8 9.9 236 44 309.9 311.7 293.9 338.4 9.30 7 700 3134 10.6 -6.4 30 16.9 2.5 274 38 314.2 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.39 8 650 3745 5.2 -12.9 26 18.1 -2.1 279 39 314.9 315.3 289.4 322.1 2.18 9 600 4392 0.2 -20.5 19 20.8 -6.6 282 41 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.6 1.24 10 550 5082 -5.0 -24.3 20 19.3 -10.6 283 45 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.5 0.97 11 500 5822 -10.7 -26.8 25 16.0 -14.8 287 47 319.9 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.85 12 450 6623 -16.5 -28.9 33 12.4 -19.3 290 45 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.2 0.78 13 400 7496 -23.1 -31.7 45 8.6 -24.6 289 45 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.67 14 350 8459 -30.6 -35.1 64 4.5 -31.2 296 48 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.6 0.55 15 300 9534 -39.5 -42.5 73 3.0 -39.8 296 50 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.30 16 250 10754 -49.1 -53.0 64 3.9 -49.2 298 60 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 17 200 12184 -58.3 -61.7 64 3.5 -58.3 296 77 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13982 -59.3 -77.0 8 17.7 -59.5 295 62 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16508 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 292 39 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.40 m Freezing level: 597.84 mb = 4421.44 m = 14505.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.20 mb = 3455.69 m = 11337.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.79 mb = 1475.42 m = 4840.57 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.50 mb = 2985.87 m = 9796.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.57 C = 97.83 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 25.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1154.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.16 mb = 1989.02 m = 6525.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.16 mb = 4163.71 m = 13660.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.16 mb = 11958.72 m = 39234.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1151.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.16 mb = 14539.07 m = 47699.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 687.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 687.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 229.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.86 Bulk Rich Number: 4.95 Bulk Shear: 233.13 m/s