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: 44.58,-96.42 Latitude: 44.58 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 954 505 23.1 20.0 83 3.1 20.9 87 12 300.2 303.1 295.7 345.9 15.61 2 950 545 23.0 19.7 82 3.3 20.7 91 14 300.5 303.4 295.7 345.8 15.43 3 900 1016 22.0 17.4 75 4.7 18.8 122 26 304.2 306.8 295.7 345.8 13.99 4 850 1513 20.1 13.8 67 6.3 15.8 164 26 307.2 309.3 294.9 342.5 11.73 5 800 2034 16.9 9.5 62 7.4 12.2 189 32 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.7 9.35 6 750 2580 12.7 6.3 65 6.4 8.8 204 40 310.3 311.8 293.0 334.9 8.01 7 700 3156 8.4 1.6 62 6.8 4.6 213 44 311.8 313.0 292.0 331.0 6.15 8 650 3764 4.9 -8.1 38 13.0 -0.9 224 48 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.9 3.19 9 600 4411 -0.7 -6.1 66 5.5 -3.2 227 49 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.3 4.03 10 550 5098 -6.8 -8.0 91 1.2 -7.3 225 48 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.4 3.82 11 500 5836 -11.4 -12.6 91 1.2 -11.9 227 47 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.90 12 450 6641 -13.6 -15.8 84 2.1 -14.4 244 50 326.1 326.6 292.9 334.6 2.49 13 400 7527 -19.3 -20.9 87 1.7 -19.8 254 50 329.9 330.3 293.4 336.2 1.80 14 350 8507 -26.5 -28.8 81 2.3 -27.0 260 33 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.7 1.01 15 300 9598 -35.8 -36.6 93 0.7 -36.0 263 37 334.8 335.0 293.6 336.9 0.56 16 250 10836 -46.9 -47.3 96 0.4 -46.9 262 48 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12275 -57.3 -60.1 71 2.8 -57.4 286 57 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.06 18 150 14059 -63.9 -73.8 25 10.0 -64.0 283 74 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16571 -60.6 -83.4 3 22.8 -60.9 276 35 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.72 m Freezing level: 605.95 mb = 4333.93 m = 14218.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.24 mb = 3660.67 m = 12009.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.74 mb = 893.79 m = 2932.35 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.25 mb = 2277.95 m = 7473.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1547.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.70 mb = 1566.29 m = 5138.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.70 mb = 2924.11 m = 9593.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.70 mb = 12602.58 m = 41346.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1543.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.70 mb = 15456.72 m = 50710.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 626.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 626.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.16 Bulk Rich Number: 4.81 Bulk Shear: 321.46 m/s