MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 46.72,-103.38 Latitude: 46.72 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 1 950 464 SFC 913 808 19.4 8.1 48 11.4 12.7 238 8 300.3 301.7 289.5 322.3 7.42 3 900 930 21.2 7.3 41 13.8 12.9 243 14 303.3 304.6 290.2 324.8 7.16 4 850 1425 21.5 4.0 32 17.5 11.4 273 9 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.1 6.00 5 800 1946 17.3 2.8 38 14.5 9.1 265 9 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.7 5.84 6 750 2492 12.4 1.7 48 10.7 6.5 259 9 310.0 311.1 291.1 327.9 5.77 7 700 3066 7.2 0.4 62 6.8 3.5 252 9 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.9 5.63 8 650 3670 2.0 -2.0 75 3.9 -0.0 243 9 311.2 312.1 290.9 327.1 5.10 9 600 4310 -2.9 -5.9 79 3.1 -4.3 244 11 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.8 4.09 10 550 4994 -7.5 -11.0 76 3.4 -8.9 251 14 315.2 315.7 290.2 324.9 3.01 11 500 5730 -12.1 -15.2 78 3.1 -13.2 248 17 318.3 318.7 290.6 326.1 2.35 12 450 6529 -16.9 -20.8 71 3.9 -18.0 244 18 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.6 1.62 13 400 7403 -22.9 -30.8 48 7.9 -24.4 246 16 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.74 14 350 8366 -31.1 -38.4 48 7.3 -32.0 250 16 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.39 15 300 9436 -40.5 -46.4 53 5.9 -40.9 257 22 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.20 16 250 10651 -50.3 -52.3 79 2.0 -50.4 249 32 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 17 200 12074 -57.1 -63.6 44 6.5 -57.2 259 23 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 13912 -55.6 -78.8 4 23.2 -55.9 261 22 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16469 -58.8 -84.3 2 25.5 -59.2 272 25 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.94 m Freezing level: 629.75 mb = 3929.21 m = 12890.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.54 mb = 3663.06 m = 12017.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.60 mb = 2263.04 m = 7424.59 ft T: 14.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.01 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.87 mb = 3808.10 m = 12493.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.60 C Cross Totals Index: 16.11 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6679.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.30 mb = 3262.53 m = 10703.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1200.94 Bulk Shear: 0.02 m/s