MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 48.1,-97.76 Latitude: 48.10 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 959 372 30.3 15.1 40 15.2 19.9 343 3 307.0 309.1 294.6 341.1 11.29 2 950 459 31.9 13.8 33 18.1 19.7 341 3 309.6 311.6 294.7 341.7 10.52 3 900 942 28.2 12.2 37 16.0 17.6 245 5 310.6 312.5 294.6 341.2 9.99 4 850 1445 23.9 11.1 45 12.8 15.5 219 10 311.2 313.0 294.6 341.3 9.81 5 800 1971 19.5 9.8 53 9.7 13.3 211 18 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.4 9.55 6 750 2523 14.9 7.8 62 7.1 10.5 209 25 312.8 314.5 294.4 340.4 8.90 7 700 3103 10.4 4.3 66 6.1 6.8 210 30 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.3 7.45 8 650 3715 5.8 -1.9 58 7.7 1.8 215 34 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.9 5.14 9 600 4364 0.2 -6.0 63 6.2 -2.7 219 33 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.08 10 550 5054 -6.0 -7.8 87 1.8 -6.8 223 34 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.5 3.87 11 500 5795 -10.4 -11.6 91 1.2 -10.9 236 44 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.8 3.15 12 450 6598 -15.6 -20.4 67 4.8 -17.0 243 38 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.5 1.68 13 400 7476 -21.9 -25.6 72 3.7 -22.7 245 33 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.8 1.19 14 350 8444 -29.5 -32.1 78 2.6 -29.9 239 37 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.7 0.74 15 300 9524 -38.1 -40.7 76 2.6 -38.4 241 37 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.36 16 250 10751 -48.3 -48.6 97 0.2 -48.3 249 33 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.19 17 200 12183 -58.3 -59.8 83 1.5 -58.3 248 40 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.06 18 150 13979 -60.5 -75.7 12 15.2 -60.7 268 38 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16515 -59.4 -84.1 3 24.7 -59.7 275 23 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.73 m Freezing level: 598.00 mb = 4391.96 m = 14409.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.65 mb = 3973.31 m = 13035.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.62 % Est. max temperature: 34.96 C = 94.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.21 mb = 2306.94 m = 7568.60 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.07 mb = 3390.44 m = 11123.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.85 C = 100.12 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 39.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.91 mb = 2879.05 m = 9445.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.91 mb = 3918.69 m = 12856.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.91 mb = 12376.55 m = 40604.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1248.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.91 mb = 14689.03 m = 48191.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 13.79 Bulk Shear: 91.90 m/s