MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 48.38,-101.60 Latitude: 48.38 Longitude: -101.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 548 SFC 948 566 28.9 10.5 32 18.3 17.2 220 6 306.7 308.2 292.3 332.3 8.46 3 900 1025 24.9 8.8 36 16.1 14.9 234 10 307.2 308.7 292.0 331.2 7.92 4 850 1522 20.2 7.9 45 12.2 12.7 249 11 307.3 308.7 292.0 331.3 7.90 5 800 2041 15.3 6.9 57 8.3 10.3 262 12 307.4 308.9 292.0 331.3 7.83 6 750 2583 10.3 5.6 73 4.7 7.5 274 15 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.63 7 700 3153 5.4 3.0 84 2.4 4.1 290 19 308.5 309.8 291.5 329.3 6.79 8 650 3754 0.2 -1.4 89 1.6 -0.6 302 22 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.7 5.31 9 600 4393 -1.8 -14.6 37 12.8 -6.6 320 24 314.0 314.4 288.9 320.7 2.05 10 550 5079 -6.6 -17.8 41 11.2 -10.3 317 25 316.3 316.6 289.3 322.0 1.72 11 500 5816 -12.2 -23.5 38 11.4 -15.2 316 28 318.2 318.4 289.4 322.1 1.15 12 450 6612 -17.7 -30.8 31 13.1 -20.4 314 31 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.3 0.65 13 400 7482 -24.6 -37.1 30 12.5 -26.4 313 35 323.1 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.40 14 350 8438 -32.6 -43.9 32 11.3 -33.6 311 37 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.22 15 300 9503 -41.1 -51.1 33 10.0 -41.7 312 44 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 16 250 10717 -49.9 -56.1 48 6.3 -50.1 314 47 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 17 200 12157 -54.8 -65.9 24 11.1 -55.0 309 41 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 13999 -54.8 -79.7 3 25.0 -55.1 303 28 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16572 -57.5 -84.6 2 27.1 -57.9 312 17 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.69 m Freezing level: 644.70 mb = 3821.79 m = 12538.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3671.34 m = 12044.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.15 mb = 2861.78 m = 9388.94 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.57 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3164.58 m = 10382.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.04 mb = 3000.80 m = 9845.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.04 mb = 3411.63 m = 11192.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.04 mb = 10506.64 m = 34470.18 ft B at Equ Level: 414.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.04 mb = 12219.57 m = 40089.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.70 Bulk Shear: 47.91 m/s