MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 59 1 950 498 2 900 963 SFC 894 1023 20.1 15.0 73 5.0 16.7 155 14 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.7 12.11 4 850 1457 20.2 13.7 66 6.5 15.8 179 33 307.3 309.4 294.9 342.5 11.66 5 800 1981 19.2 9.1 52 10.1 12.8 201 37 311.6 313.4 294.3 339.7 9.11 6 750 2532 15.3 6.1 54 9.1 9.7 218 31 313.2 314.7 293.8 337.8 7.92 7 700 3113 11.6 -0.3 44 11.9 5.1 246 22 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.3 5.36 8 650 3727 6.1 -2.5 54 8.6 1.7 255 21 315.9 316.8 292.1 331.4 4.89 9 600 4376 0.2 -5.3 67 5.5 -2.4 265 21 316.3 317.2 291.7 330.1 4.29 10 550 5066 -4.9 -10.5 65 5.5 -7.2 280 30 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.13 11 500 5811 -9.3 -14.2 68 4.9 -11.1 278 41 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.2 2.55 12 450 6615 -15.8 -19.2 75 3.4 -16.9 282 45 323.3 323.7 291.6 329.7 1.85 13 400 7493 -21.6 -24.3 78 2.8 -22.2 282 52 327.0 327.2 292.2 331.7 1.34 14 350 8463 -28.6 -37.7 41 9.1 -29.9 276 47 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.42 15 300 9547 -37.4 -41.7 64 4.3 -37.8 278 48 332.7 332.7 292.8 333.9 0.33 16 250 10777 -48.0 -49.5 84 1.5 -48.1 275 49 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.17 17 200 12207 -59.0 -61.3 74 2.3 -59.0 278 51 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 18 150 13993 -62.6 -75.6 16 13.1 -62.7 272 51 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16515 -59.6 -84.0 3 24.4 -59.9 275 25 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.27 m Freezing level: 598.27 mb = 4399.97 m = 14435.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.76 mb = 3983.57 m = 13069.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.59 mb = 1667.06 m = 5469.30 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.10 mb = 3364.39 m = 11037.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.65 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1078.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.35 mb = 2460.11 m = 8071.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.35 mb = 4092.52 m = 13426.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.35 mb = 12481.71 m = 40949.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1057.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.35 mb = 14818.79 m = 48617.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.8 neg: -10.0 tot: 385.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.67 Bulk Rich Number: 6.12 Bulk Shear: 176.26 m/s