MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 47.40,-101.18 Latitude: 47.40 Longitude: -101.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 560 SFC 947 588 14.8 13.5 92 1.3 14.0 170 7 292.5 294.3 289.3 321.8 10.32 3 900 1020 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.1 192 27 297.9 299.8 291.3 328.5 10.52 4 850 1507 16.4 9.1 62 7.3 11.9 216 19 303.3 304.9 291.4 328.9 8.57 5 800 2020 12.9 5.9 62 7.0 8.8 236 17 304.9 306.2 290.8 326.9 7.29 6 750 2559 8.7 3.8 72 4.8 6.0 253 20 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.5 6.73 7 700 3126 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.1 260 24 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.7 6.39 8 650 3724 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.4 263 25 308.7 309.8 290.6 326.2 5.67 9 600 4360 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.2 -4.7 260 23 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.9 4.48 10 550 5040 -8.9 -9.8 93 0.9 -9.2 265 23 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.2 3.32 11 500 5772 -13.2 -17.7 69 4.5 -14.6 263 26 316.9 317.3 289.8 323.3 1.90 12 450 6567 -18.1 -25.5 52 7.5 -19.8 265 34 320.5 320.8 290.0 324.2 1.07 13 400 7436 -23.8 -32.6 44 8.8 -25.4 266 36 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.2 0.61 14 350 8396 -31.5 -35.4 68 3.9 -32.0 267 32 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.3 0.54 15 300 9467 -40.3 -40.4 99 0.1 -40.3 257 30 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.38 16 250 10685 -49.3 -49.4 99 0.1 -49.3 262 40 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12109 -60.3 -61.5 86 1.2 -60.3 254 46 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 18 150 13910 -59.0 -78.3 6 19.4 -59.2 270 36 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16461 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.8 283 25 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.55 m Freezing level: 652.16 mb = 3698.47 m = 12133.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3654.50 m = 11989.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.98 mb = 750.27 m = 2461.48 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.55 mb = 2442.31 m = 8012.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.52 mb = 1541.76 m = 5058.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.52 mb = 3705.50 m = 12157.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 451.52 mb = 6541.22 m = 21460.44 ft B at Equ Level: 109.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.52 mb = 9205.18 m = 30200.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 175.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 64.10 m/s