MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.29,-103.27 Latitude: 44.29 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 591 2 900 1060 SFC 899 1066 23.0 11.3 48 11.7 15.5 57 6 305.3 307.0 292.7 333.5 9.39 4 850 1553 18.4 9.6 56 8.8 12.9 22 6 305.4 307.1 292.3 332.1 8.86 5 800 2069 14.0 7.8 66 6.2 10.2 347 9 306.1 307.6 292.0 331.2 8.31 6 750 2610 9.4 5.4 76 4.0 7.1 336 15 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.6 7.51 7 700 3180 6.9 -3.1 49 10.0 2.0 345 31 310.1 310.9 289.9 323.7 4.34 8 650 3783 2.0 -6.6 53 8.6 -1.9 347 33 311.2 311.9 289.5 322.5 3.58 9 600 4424 -1.9 -16.0 33 14.1 -6.9 339 29 313.9 314.3 288.7 320.0 1.83 10 550 5111 -5.7 -29.1 14 23.4 -11.6 325 29 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.5 0.63 11 500 5849 -11.2 -28.4 23 17.2 -15.3 316 30 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.73 12 450 6648 -17.1 -30.0 32 13.0 -19.8 310 31 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.70 13 400 7521 -23.2 -39.5 21 16.3 -25.5 309 35 324.8 324.8 290.6 325.9 0.31 14 350 8482 -31.1 -44.3 26 13.2 -32.4 309 41 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.21 15 300 9555 -39.2 -52.1 24 12.8 -40.0 310 53 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 16 250 10780 -47.8 -56.8 35 8.9 -48.1 309 54 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12229 -53.5 -66.3 20 12.7 -53.8 304 42 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14069 -55.6 -79.2 4 23.6 -55.9 294 24 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16617 -60.6 -83.6 3 23.0 -60.9 316 11 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.02 m Freezing level: 624.57 mb = 4109.00 m = 13480.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.74 mb = 3478.91 m = 11413.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.23 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.31 mb = 2539.38 m = 8331.20 ft T: 9.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.96 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3202.41 m = 10506.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.65 mb = 2679.82 m = 8791.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.65 mb = 3924.16 m = 12874.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.65 mb = 9814.61 m = 32199.77 ft B at Equ Level: 209.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.65 mb = 11650.56 m = 38223.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.9 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 0.9 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -9.3 tot: 59.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.04 Bulk Shear: 69.50 m/s