MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 47.14,-99.41 Latitude: 47.14 Longitude: -99.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 956 533 10.7 3.4 60 7.4 7.0 121 2 287.6 288.4 282.2 302.0 5.09 2 950 587 13.2 3.1 50 10.1 8.0 105 2 290.6 291.5 283.4 305.0 5.02 3 900 1041 11.6 1.2 49 10.4 6.4 337 4 293.5 294.3 284.2 307.0 4.62 4 850 1516 8.3 -1.6 49 9.9 3.6 313 15 294.8 295.6 284.0 306.6 3.99 5 800 2013 4.3 -3.4 57 7.7 0.9 312 25 295.8 296.5 284.1 306.9 3.72 6 750 2534 -0.4 -4.0 76 3.6 -2.0 305 31 296.2 296.9 284.4 307.5 3.79 7 700 3082 -3.9 -11.0 58 7.1 -6.4 314 34 298.2 298.6 283.5 305.4 2.36 8 650 3665 -4.9 -28.2 14 23.3 -10.4 323 35 303.4 303.5 283.5 305.3 0.58 9 600 4292 -7.1 -33.5 10 26.4 -12.5 324 44 307.9 308.0 285.0 309.2 0.38 10 550 4965 -10.6 -30.6 18 19.9 -14.9 321 51 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.4 0.55 11 500 5692 -14.7 -31.9 22 17.2 -18.1 322 64 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.0 0.53 12 450 6482 -19.6 -38.4 17 18.8 -22.5 320 73 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.7 0.31 13 400 7344 -26.4 -43.0 19 16.6 -28.2 324 80 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.5 0.22 14 350 8295 -34.0 -44.4 34 10.4 -34.9 324 87 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.21 15 300 9355 -42.7 -46.9 63 4.2 -42.9 312 92 325.2 325.3 290.6 325.9 0.19 16 250 10556 -52.8 -56.1 67 3.3 -52.9 313 91 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.08 17 200 11969 -60.0 -61.9 79 1.8 -60.1 309 94 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 13797 -54.3 -78.4 4 24.1 -54.6 310 56 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.01 19 100 16389 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 311 39 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5537.33 m Freezing level: 753.93 mb = 2493.13 m = 8179.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.35 mb = 2172.62 m = 7127.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.16 % Est. max temperature: 18.75 C = 65.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.61 mb = 1470.98 m = 4826.00 ft T: 8.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.13 C/km ThetaE index: 2.13 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.37 mb = 2744.60 m = 9004.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.00 C = 68.01 F Cap Strength: 8.51 C Lifted Index: 10.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 9.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 13.04 C K Index: 14.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11914.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.43 mb = 2264.97 m = 7430.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.5 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 349.5 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.1 neg: -10.2 tot: 172.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 174.41 m/s