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: 44.44,-98.00 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 967 408 24.2 13.0 50 11.2 17.0 110 10 300.1 301.9 291.4 328.8 9.75 2 950 566 22.5 12.3 53 10.2 16.0 112 14 300.0 301.8 291.2 328.0 9.53 3 900 1033 18.1 11.4 65 6.7 13.9 116 12 300.1 301.9 291.1 327.9 9.45 4 850 1519 13.8 10.3 80 3.5 11.6 122 6 300.6 302.3 291.1 327.9 9.29 5 800 2028 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.2 280 6 302.4 304.0 291.1 328.0 8.59 6 750 2563 8.0 2.4 68 5.5 4.9 309 6 305.2 306.3 289.9 323.7 6.09 7 700 3131 6.8 -9.9 29 16.6 -0.3 326 9 310.0 310.5 288.2 318.2 2.58 8 650 3737 4.0 -13.6 26 17.6 -2.9 324 18 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.2 2.06 9 600 4383 0.8 -25.3 12 26.1 -7.0 319 25 317.0 317.2 288.7 319.8 0.81 10 550 5075 -3.9 -23.9 19 20.0 -9.8 321 30 319.5 319.7 289.6 322.9 1.00 11 500 5819 -9.4 -19.8 42 10.4 -12.7 326 35 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.0 1.59 12 450 6624 -15.4 -25.1 43 9.6 -17.9 322 36 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.11 13 400 7500 -22.5 -29.6 52 7.1 -23.9 317 38 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.7 0.82 14 350 8467 -29.5 -37.9 44 8.4 -30.6 317 42 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.42 15 300 9547 -37.6 -45.0 46 7.3 -38.2 318 45 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.23 16 250 10778 -47.6 -51.5 64 3.9 -47.8 320 49 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 17 200 12216 -56.6 -62.9 45 6.3 -56.7 315 47 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14034 -56.9 -78.0 5 21.1 -57.2 307 41 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16583 -60.1 -84.3 3 24.2 -60.4 309 22 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.71 m Freezing level: 591.84 mb = 4495.76 m = 14749.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.15 mb = 3094.50 m = 10152.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.50 mb = 1815.57 m = 5956.52 ft T: 11.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 9.72 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.24 mb = 2310.09 m = 7578.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 16.82 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6369.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.41 mb = 1867.77 m = 6127.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 355.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.0 neg: -11.3 tot: 99.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 120.76 m/s