MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 50.95,-97.15 Latitude: 50.95 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 976 234 25.1 13.9 50 11.2 17.8 174 16 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.6 10.30 2 950 470 24.8 12.5 46 12.2 16.9 181 29 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.65 3 900 941 22.0 11.8 52 10.2 15.4 200 30 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.2 9.69 4 850 1435 18.3 10.7 61 7.6 13.4 215 25 305.3 307.1 292.7 333.9 9.53 5 800 1951 13.7 9.2 74 4.5 10.9 227 27 305.7 307.5 292.6 333.4 9.19 6 750 2492 9.5 6.2 80 3.2 7.6 238 28 306.9 308.3 292.0 331.0 7.97 7 700 3060 5.4 -1.9 60 7.2 1.8 243 22 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.2 4.77 8 650 3663 2.7 -12.6 31 15.4 -3.4 247 21 312.0 312.5 288.5 319.2 2.22 9 600 4306 -1.4 -11.0 48 9.6 -5.3 251 19 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.4 2.75 10 550 4992 -6.3 -13.1 58 6.8 -8.9 250 21 316.6 317.1 290.3 325.0 2.54 11 500 5731 -11.2 -20.6 46 9.4 -14.0 256 24 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.5 1.48 12 450 6531 -16.6 -24.7 49 8.2 -18.6 264 29 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.14 13 400 7405 -23.2 -28.4 62 5.2 -24.2 268 37 324.9 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.92 14 350 8368 -30.7 -34.9 66 4.2 -31.3 271 39 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.56 15 300 9442 -39.5 -40.1 93 0.7 -39.5 271 43 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.39 16 250 10664 -48.9 -49.0 99 0.1 -48.9 274 47 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 17 200 12089 -60.7 -61.5 91 0.8 -60.7 283 52 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 18 150 13886 -58.9 -77.1 8 18.3 -59.1 283 45 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16423 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 291 29 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.03 m Freezing level: 617.22 mb = 4084.18 m = 13399.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.76 mb = 3263.16 m = 10705.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.91 mb = 1659.30 m = 5443.85 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.66 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.34 mb = 2554.27 m = 8380.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.90 mb = 2089.55 m = 6855.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.90 mb = 4547.45 m = 14919.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.90 mb = 9859.29 m = 32346.37 ft B at Equ Level: 186.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.90 mb = 12347.62 m = 40510.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.9 neg: -6.3 tot: 198.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 3.03 Bulk Shear: 61.91 m/s