MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 44.04,-100.36 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 556 SFC 944 607 22.8 14.8 61 8.0 17.5 140 15 300.8 302.9 292.8 334.0 11.27 3 900 1021 17.0 13.9 82 3.1 15.0 146 21 299.0 301.1 292.2 331.7 11.17 4 850 1506 12.9 12.9 100 0.0 12.9 153 20 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.0 11.05 5 800 2016 12.7 11.2 91 1.4 11.7 179 22 304.6 306.6 293.3 336.1 10.53 6 750 2559 11.3 7.4 77 3.9 8.9 194 26 308.8 310.4 293.1 335.2 8.64 7 700 3133 8.2 3.9 74 4.3 5.7 205 31 311.5 312.9 292.8 334.0 7.25 8 650 3741 4.2 1.0 80 3.2 2.5 214 35 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.6 6.35 9 600 4388 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.6 -0.8 216 36 315.5 316.7 292.9 334.2 5.90 10 550 5079 -4.4 -6.5 86 2.0 -5.4 220 35 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.7 4.29 11 500 5825 -8.4 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.8 223 32 322.8 323.4 292.5 333.0 3.06 12 450 6635 -13.4 -15.8 82 2.4 -14.3 215 30 326.4 326.9 293.0 334.8 2.47 13 400 7521 -19.3 -23.5 69 4.2 -20.4 208 29 329.9 330.2 293.0 335.0 1.44 14 350 8499 -26.7 -33.5 52 6.9 -27.9 207 31 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.2 0.64 15 300 9591 -35.7 -41.5 55 5.8 -36.2 209 33 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.4 0.34 16 250 10831 -45.7 -45.9 99 0.1 -45.7 198 35 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12283 -54.9 -65.6 25 10.7 -55.1 218 44 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14088 -61.8 -76.2 13 14.4 -61.9 227 49 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16562 -64.5 -83.3 6 18.8 -64.7 236 24 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.32 m Freezing level: 605.43 mb = 4317.39 m = 14164.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.31 mb = 4223.60 m = 13856.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.61 mb = 1609.82 m = 5281.51 ft T: 12.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.53 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1488.82 m = 4884.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.63 C = 70.93 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 29.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5371.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.09 mb = 1485.53 m = 4873.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 87.01 m/s