MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 47.59,-96.97 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 982 268 10.6 7.2 79 3.4 8.8 342 18 285.3 286.4 282.7 303.4 6.50 2 950 542 7.1 5.8 91 1.4 6.4 344 28 284.4 285.5 281.9 301.4 6.08 3 900 984 3.7 3.6 100 0.0 3.7 346 28 285.3 286.3 281.7 300.8 5.52 4 850 1450 5.8 4.5 91 1.3 5.1 344 25 292.2 293.3 285.4 310.1 6.21 5 800 1947 5.2 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 323 19 296.6 297.8 287.1 315.0 6.28 6 750 2473 4.2 0.0 75 4.1 2.1 281 16 301.1 302.0 287.6 316.5 5.12 7 700 3033 2.6 -2.1 71 4.7 0.3 269 21 305.4 306.2 288.6 319.7 4.68 8 650 3630 -0.5 -5.1 71 4.6 -2.6 273 28 308.4 309.1 289.0 321.0 4.04 9 600 4267 -3.5 -11.5 54 8.1 -6.7 268 33 312.1 312.6 288.9 320.6 2.63 10 550 4949 -7.7 -13.4 63 5.7 -9.8 268 40 315.0 315.5 289.7 323.1 2.47 11 500 5685 -11.9 -16.9 67 4.9 -13.6 262 39 318.5 318.9 290.4 325.3 2.04 12 450 6483 -17.1 -21.6 68 4.5 -18.3 261 33 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.0 1.51 13 400 7357 -23.0 -26.0 77 3.0 -23.7 258 37 325.1 325.4 291.5 329.2 1.15 14 350 8320 -30.6 -32.3 85 1.7 -30.9 254 41 327.5 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.73 15 300 9395 -39.1 -41.1 81 2.0 -39.3 247 45 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.35 16 250 10617 -49.2 -49.2 100 0.0 -49.2 250 50 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12045 -56.6 -61.1 56 4.6 -56.7 262 63 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 13884 -53.4 -78.9 3 25.5 -53.8 260 43 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.01 19 100 16465 -57.9 -84.6 2 26.7 -58.2 255 33 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.51 m Freezing level: 658.24 mb = 3531.58 m = 11586.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.66 mb = 3094.95 m = 10153.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.35 % Est. max temperature: 19.12 C = 66.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.65 mb = 692.67 m = 2272.50 ft T: 5.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.09 mb = 830.30 m = 2724.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.38 C = 50.68 F Cap Strength: 14.35 C Lifted Index: 15.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.01 C Showalter Index: 10.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.39 C K Index: 17.49 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.77 mb = 851.03 m = 2792.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.77 mb = 895.85 m = 2939.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 889.77 mb = 1077.35 m = 3534.58 ft B at Equ Level: 7.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 869.77 mb = 1262.70 m = 4142.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.0 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 315.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -26.7 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 94.33 m/s