MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 44.44,-96.34 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 954 507 23.7 19.9 79 3.8 21.0 92 12 300.9 303.8 295.8 346.5 15.51 2 950 544 23.9 19.7 77 4.3 20.9 96 14 301.5 304.3 295.9 346.6 15.34 3 900 1017 22.9 16.9 69 6.0 18.8 128 25 305.1 307.6 295.7 345.7 13.59 4 850 1514 20.6 13.1 62 7.5 15.7 168 25 307.7 309.8 294.7 341.7 11.25 5 800 2036 17.2 9.0 59 8.2 12.0 191 32 309.5 311.2 293.6 337.1 9.05 6 750 2583 12.8 6.1 64 6.7 8.8 204 38 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.8 7.90 7 700 3158 8.6 1.0 59 7.6 4.5 212 42 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.5 5.90 8 650 3767 5.2 -9.2 35 14.3 -1.2 223 45 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.3 2.94 9 600 4415 -0.4 -6.2 65 5.7 -3.1 227 46 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.5 4.02 10 550 5103 -6.6 -7.9 90 1.4 -7.2 226 46 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.6 3.82 11 500 5841 -11.5 -12.6 91 1.1 -11.9 228 45 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.6 2.91 12 450 6646 -13.6 -15.7 84 2.1 -14.4 247 49 326.1 326.6 292.9 334.6 2.50 13 400 7532 -19.4 -21.1 86 1.7 -19.9 253 48 329.8 330.2 293.3 336.0 1.77 14 350 8510 -26.6 -28.7 83 2.0 -27.1 262 34 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.6 1.02 15 300 9602 -36.0 -36.8 92 0.9 -36.1 267 34 334.6 334.8 293.5 336.7 0.54 16 250 10838 -47.0 -47.5 95 0.5 -47.0 265 44 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.21 17 200 12277 -57.1 -60.2 68 3.1 -57.2 287 58 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.06 18 150 14065 -63.9 -73.8 24 10.0 -64.0 284 72 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16573 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.8 275 34 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.81 m Freezing level: 603.88 mb = 4364.40 m = 14318.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.24 mb = 3638.93 m = 11938.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.10 mb = 996.57 m = 3269.54 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 22.28 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.26 mb = 2378.87 m = 7804.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1537.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.80 mb = 1721.09 m = 5646.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.80 mb = 2983.84 m = 9789.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.80 mb = 12768.67 m = 41891.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1515.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.80 mb = 15719.67 m = 51573.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 551.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 551.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 278.53 m/s