MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 47.63,-99.51 Latitude: 47.63 Longitude: -99.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 954 502 28.4 13.3 40 15.1 18.5 162 7 305.6 307.5 293.3 336.1 10.13 2 950 543 28.3 12.6 38 15.7 18.1 164 9 305.9 307.7 293.1 335.2 9.72 3 900 1019 23.9 11.2 45 12.6 15.7 183 11 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.33 4 850 1515 19.2 10.2 56 8.9 13.5 204 10 306.2 308.0 292.8 334.1 9.25 5 800 2032 14.3 9.2 71 5.1 11.1 225 11 306.4 308.1 292.8 334.0 9.16 6 750 2573 9.2 7.8 91 1.5 8.3 241 11 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.4 8.86 7 700 3141 4.9 2.0 82 2.9 3.4 289 14 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.4 6.35 8 650 3744 3.0 -17.4 21 20.4 -4.3 312 20 312.4 312.7 287.9 317.4 1.50 9 600 4387 -0.4 -24.5 14 24.0 -7.5 318 21 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.7 0.88 10 550 5076 -5.1 -23.4 22 18.3 -10.5 318 24 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.6 1.05 11 500 5817 -10.6 -29.0 20 18.4 -15.0 311 26 320.2 320.3 289.6 322.6 0.70 12 450 6617 -16.8 -30.5 30 13.7 -19.7 309 28 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.67 13 400 7489 -23.7 -31.5 49 7.7 -25.1 309 31 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.69 14 350 8449 -31.3 -32.9 86 1.6 -31.5 304 37 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.69 15 300 9525 -38.9 -43.2 64 4.3 -39.3 313 40 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.28 16 250 10746 -49.6 -51.8 77 2.3 -49.7 312 47 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 17 200 12174 -57.5 -63.1 49 5.6 -57.6 310 50 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 13998 -55.3 -79.8 3 24.5 -55.6 304 26 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16564 -58.4 -84.5 2 26.1 -58.7 314 18 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.09 m Freezing level: 606.07 mb = 4309.02 m = 14137.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.95 mb = 3401.39 m = 11159.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.96 mb = 2396.55 m = 7862.61 ft T: 10.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.70 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.21 mb = 2670.10 m = 8760.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 484.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.18 mb = 2582.05 m = 8471.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.18 mb = 2861.50 m = 9388.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.18 mb = 3691.56 m = 12111.26 ft B at Equ Level: 14.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.18 mb = 13050.41 m = 42815.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.3 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 326.3 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 110.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 79.07 m/s