MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 47.95,-98.63 Latitude: 47.95 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 960 454 31.1 12.7 33 18.3 18.9 211 10 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.2 9.68 2 950 544 28.9 12.0 35 16.9 17.9 215 13 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.6 9.31 3 900 1021 24.1 11.0 44 13.1 15.7 225 14 306.3 308.1 292.8 334.1 9.20 4 850 1517 19.4 10.0 55 9.4 13.5 234 15 306.4 308.1 292.8 334.0 9.12 5 800 2035 14.5 8.9 69 5.6 11.0 242 15 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.8 8.99 6 750 2577 11.5 3.0 56 8.5 6.7 287 22 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.5 6.34 7 700 3149 7.5 -3.4 46 10.8 2.1 309 25 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.1 4.26 8 650 3755 2.9 -4.2 60 7.1 -0.6 323 31 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.8 4.30 9 600 4397 -2.0 -9.3 57 7.3 -5.0 322 33 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.0 3.16 10 550 5083 -6.3 -18.1 39 11.8 -10.2 317 29 316.6 317.0 289.5 322.2 1.67 11 500 5822 -11.0 -24.9 31 13.8 -14.7 315 31 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.1 1.02 12 450 6621 -17.2 -22.8 62 5.6 -18.7 304 30 321.6 321.8 290.6 326.2 1.35 13 400 7492 -24.2 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.8 307 30 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.06 14 350 8451 -31.8 -32.4 94 0.6 -31.9 303 35 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.72 15 300 9521 -40.4 -40.4 100 -0.0 -40.4 303 45 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.9 0.38 16 250 10736 -50.1 -50.5 95 0.4 -50.1 301 51 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.15 17 200 12160 -59.1 -61.2 77 2.1 -59.2 304 56 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 18 150 13985 -55.5 -79.4 4 23.9 -55.8 298 25 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16556 -58.4 -84.6 2 26.1 -58.8 293 17 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.66 m Freezing level: 620.36 mb = 4135.60 m = 13568.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.50 mb = 3623.89 m = 11889.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.24 mb = 2741.79 m = 8995.27 ft T: 10.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.14 mb = 3171.17 m = 10403.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 671.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.49 mb = 2671.59 m = 8764.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.49 mb = 3923.41 m = 12871.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.49 mb = 11366.01 m = 37289.60 ft B at Equ Level: 663.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.49 mb = 13323.25 m = 43710.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 7.14 Bulk Shear: 94.05 m/s