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: 47.22,-100.86 Latitude: 47.22 Longitude: -100.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 1 950 471 SFC 938 583 21.5 11.8 54 9.7 15.4 174 13 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.5 9.31 3 900 940 20.0 11.5 58 8.5 14.6 185 29 302.1 303.9 291.8 330.4 9.53 4 850 1432 19.0 9.5 54 9.5 13.1 188 28 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.7 8.83 5 800 1951 16.0 6.7 54 9.3 10.4 187 17 308.2 309.7 292.2 331.8 7.72 6 750 2496 11.9 3.6 57 8.4 7.2 213 6 309.5 310.8 291.7 329.8 6.60 7 700 3068 6.6 1.2 68 5.5 3.7 259 5 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.3 5.95 8 650 3671 1.0 -1.6 83 2.6 -0.3 280 9 310.1 311.1 290.7 326.4 5.23 9 600 4310 -2.0 -17.5 29 15.5 -7.3 257 6 313.8 314.1 288.5 319.1 1.61 10 550 4996 -6.6 -24.2 23 17.6 -11.5 214 10 316.3 316.5 288.6 319.7 0.98 11 500 5733 -11.7 -23.9 36 12.1 -15.0 224 15 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.6 1.11 12 450 6531 -17.1 -22.2 65 5.1 -18.5 225 16 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.6 1.43 13 400 7403 -23.9 -27.4 73 3.5 -24.6 241 18 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.4 1.01 14 350 8362 -31.4 -35.5 67 4.2 -31.9 248 23 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.4 0.53 15 300 9437 -38.9 -48.7 35 9.8 -39.5 247 38 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 16 250 10659 -49.2 -52.7 66 3.5 -49.3 223 39 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12085 -59.4 -60.5 87 1.1 -59.4 220 40 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 18 150 13904 -56.1 -78.9 4 22.9 -56.3 252 23 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16459 -58.5 -84.5 2 25.9 -58.9 280 20 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.32 m Freezing level: 633.47 mb = 3882.43 m = 12737.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3619.16 m = 11873.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.93 mb = 1813.73 m = 5950.50 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 2980.83 m = 9779.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.69 mb = 2222.40 m = 7291.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.69 mb = 3674.95 m = 12056.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.69 mb = 4182.55 m = 13722.11 ft B at Equ Level: 28.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.69 mb = 11201.03 m = 36748.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.7 neg: -45.8 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.24 Bulk Shear: 22.08 m/s