MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42.96,-101.78 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -101.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 503 2 900 970 SFC 895 1023 21.6 13.3 59 8.3 16.2 141 12 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.6 10.81 4 850 1467 21.4 12.0 55 9.4 15.2 166 26 308.5 310.5 294.4 340.1 10.40 5 800 1990 17.9 10.0 60 7.8 12.9 194 26 310.2 312.0 294.3 339.9 9.71 6 750 2539 13.7 7.6 67 6.1 9.9 211 28 311.4 313.1 293.9 338.4 8.77 7 700 3118 11.0 -1.7 41 12.7 4.4 234 21 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.1 4.83 8 650 3730 6.0 -5.2 44 11.2 0.5 254 21 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.6 3.99 9 600 4379 0.1 -6.7 60 6.8 -3.0 250 24 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.7 3.85 10 550 5069 -5.1 -8.6 76 3.5 -6.7 261 26 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.8 3.62 11 500 5812 -9.4 -12.9 76 3.4 -10.8 277 35 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.0 2.84 12 450 6618 -15.5 -20.3 67 4.8 -16.9 280 43 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.6 1.69 13 400 7496 -21.8 -22.9 91 1.1 -22.1 276 43 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.0 1.52 14 350 8466 -28.6 -28.9 98 0.2 -28.6 282 49 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.8 1.01 15 300 9550 -37.5 -37.6 100 0.0 -37.5 275 55 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.50 16 250 10777 -48.3 -49.4 89 1.1 -48.4 277 51 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.17 17 200 12208 -58.7 -60.9 76 2.2 -58.8 280 56 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 13997 -61.8 -75.8 14 14.0 -61.9 274 46 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16514 -60.8 -83.8 3 23.1 -61.0 282 23 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.74 m Freezing level: 598.88 mb = 4394.40 m = 14417.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.35 mb = 3826.29 m = 12553.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.36 mb = 2082.27 m = 6831.52 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 11.59 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.27 mb = 3451.83 m = 11324.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.50 mb = 2634.33 m = 8642.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.50 mb = 4159.10 m = 13645.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.50 mb = 12002.79 m = 39378.74 ft B at Equ Level: 835.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.50 mb = 14143.71 m = 46402.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 303.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 5.39 Bulk Shear: 154.98 m/s