MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 43.63,-96.89 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 962 464 20.0 14.9 73 5.1 16.7 109 6 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.6 11.14 2 950 573 18.9 14.2 74 4.8 15.8 107 9 296.4 298.3 291.0 327.4 10.74 3 900 1035 14.8 12.8 88 2.0 13.6 94 8 296.8 298.7 290.8 326.9 10.40 4 850 1516 11.4 10.7 96 0.7 11.0 75 8 298.1 299.8 290.6 326.0 9.57 5 800 2023 11.5 5.4 66 6.1 8.0 28 6 303.4 304.7 290.1 324.5 7.05 6 750 2562 9.7 -1.1 47 10.8 4.2 346 8 307.1 308.0 289.2 321.6 4.69 7 700 3131 6.3 -5.6 42 11.9 0.8 331 11 309.5 310.2 289.0 320.8 3.59 8 650 3735 3.2 -14.1 27 17.3 -3.4 327 17 312.6 313.0 288.4 319.1 1.98 9 600 4379 -0.1 -20.0 21 19.9 -6.7 324 24 316.1 316.3 288.9 320.5 1.30 10 550 5070 -3.8 -29.6 12 25.7 -10.5 321 29 319.5 319.7 289.3 321.7 0.60 11 500 5815 -9.1 -32.2 13 23.1 -14.3 326 35 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.52 12 450 6620 -15.2 -27.8 33 12.6 -18.2 324 39 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.2 0.86 13 400 7498 -22.3 -30.9 45 8.6 -23.9 319 42 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.73 14 350 8464 -29.6 -38.0 44 8.4 -30.7 317 44 328.9 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.41 15 300 9545 -37.7 -45.3 45 7.6 -38.3 320 46 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 16 250 10775 -47.4 -55.1 41 7.8 -47.7 327 51 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12216 -56.4 -63.5 40 7.1 -56.5 317 50 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 14034 -57.2 -78.2 5 21.0 -57.5 312 38 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16581 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.9 -60.6 316 24 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.63 m Freezing level: 600.90 mb = 4367.39 m = 14328.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.74 mb = 3239.49 m = 10628.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.58 mb = 1104.44 m = 3623.44 ft T: 14.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1399.14 m = 4590.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.34 C = 70.41 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 19.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6906.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.68 mb = 1284.83 m = 4215.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 2.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -14.7 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 79.81 m/s