MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 42.76,-100.75 Latitude: 42.76 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 1 950 473 SFC 907 889 38.3 2.7 11 35.6 16.8 168 9 320.3 321.3 293.5 336.9 5.12 3 900 957 36.0 2.5 12 33.6 16.0 172 10 318.6 319.6 293.0 335.0 5.08 4 850 1471 30.7 1.5 15 29.2 13.6 186 11 318.3 319.2 292.9 334.4 5.02 5 800 2007 25.4 0.4 19 25.0 11.2 202 10 318.3 319.2 292.8 334.1 4.94 6 750 2568 20.0 -0.6 25 20.6 8.6 218 10 318.3 319.3 292.8 334.0 4.88 7 700 3156 14.4 -1.6 33 16.0 5.8 227 11 318.4 319.4 292.8 334.1 4.85 8 650 3775 8.4 -2.7 45 11.1 2.6 235 12 318.5 319.4 292.8 334.0 4.82 9 600 4429 2.1 -3.9 64 6.1 -0.9 242 14 318.6 319.5 292.8 333.9 4.76 10 550 5124 -4.3 -5.9 88 1.6 -5.0 252 16 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.5 4.48 11 500 5867 -10.2 -12.3 84 2.1 -11.1 276 20 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.4 2.97 12 450 6670 -15.9 -23.6 51 7.7 -17.9 284 22 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.7 1.27 13 400 7549 -21.1 -36.1 25 15.1 -23.7 281 22 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.44 14 350 8520 -28.4 -35.3 52 6.9 -29.5 275 20 330.4 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.54 15 300 9605 -37.4 -41.0 69 3.6 -37.8 273 22 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.35 16 250 10835 -47.9 -49.2 86 1.3 -48.0 272 21 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.17 17 200 12268 -58.1 -61.9 61 3.8 -58.2 275 33 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 14072 -59.9 -77.9 8 17.9 -60.1 278 39 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16581 -62.5 -83.8 4 21.2 -62.7 303 20 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.55 m Freezing level: 583.39 mb = 4659.89 m = 15288.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.05 mb = 4253.24 m = 13954.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.23 % Est. max temperature: 36.40 C = 97.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 541.70 mb = 5242.38 m = 17199.19 ft T: -5.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.14 mb = 5150.10 m = 16896.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.15 C = 98.86 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 40.87 C Cross Totals Index: 11.71 C K Index: 26.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 552.88 mb = 5082.03 m = 16673.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.88 mb = 5297.53 m = 17380.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.88 mb = 9652.60 m = 31668.26 ft B at Equ Level: 110.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.88 mb = 12019.81 m = 39434.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 26.94 m/s