MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 47.27,-97.94 Latitude: 47.27 Longitude: -97.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 964 421 28.1 14.3 43 13.8 18.9 174 9 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.2 10.66 2 950 546 27.4 13.2 42 14.1 18.1 180 13 305.0 306.8 293.1 335.2 10.10 3 900 1021 23.1 12.2 50 10.9 16.0 200 13 305.3 307.1 293.1 335.1 9.94 4 850 1516 18.8 11.0 60 7.8 13.8 233 13 305.9 307.7 293.1 335.1 9.73 5 800 2034 15.2 8.8 66 6.4 11.2 270 18 307.3 309.0 292.9 334.4 8.92 6 750 2577 11.2 5.3 67 5.9 7.8 295 23 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.6 7.46 7 700 3150 7.9 -1.3 52 9.2 3.1 324 25 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.7 4.96 8 650 3757 3.2 -3.8 60 7.0 -0.2 335 30 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.6 4.43 9 600 4400 -1.5 -9.6 54 8.1 -4.9 331 31 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.3 3.08 10 550 5087 -5.9 -16.2 44 10.3 -9.5 325 29 317.0 317.4 289.9 323.6 1.96 11 500 5826 -11.1 -19.2 51 8.2 -13.6 323 30 319.5 319.9 290.3 325.2 1.67 12 450 6626 -17.2 -22.3 64 5.1 -18.6 314 29 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.5 1.42 13 400 7497 -24.1 -27.3 75 3.2 -24.8 311 31 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.2 1.01 14 350 8456 -31.4 -32.1 93 0.7 -31.5 312 39 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.1 0.74 15 300 9527 -40.3 -40.6 97 0.3 -40.3 309 44 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.37 16 250 10744 -49.9 -50.8 90 0.9 -49.9 306 46 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.14 17 200 12168 -59.2 -60.7 83 1.5 -59.2 304 51 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13991 -55.1 -79.5 3 24.4 -55.5 291 25 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16558 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.8 -59.0 314 24 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.50 m Freezing level: 615.98 mb = 4194.19 m = 13760.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.21 mb = 3716.23 m = 12192.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.90 mb = 2162.09 m = 7093.40 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 2994.18 m = 9823.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.12 C = 93.41 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.48 mb = 2372.34 m = 7783.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.48 mb = 3837.63 m = 12590.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.48 mb = 11459.77 m = 37597.21 ft B at Equ Level: 744.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.48 mb = 13445.64 m = 44112.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 5.08 Bulk Shear: 147.48 m/s