MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 43.14,-103.56 Latitude: 43.14 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 565 2 900 1039 SFC 887 1167 31.2 3.0 17 28.2 14.5 341 15 314.9 315.9 292.2 331.8 5.34 4 850 1545 25.6 1.5 21 24.1 11.9 339 21 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.8 5.01 5 800 2072 20.4 0.4 26 20.1 9.3 337 23 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.91 6 750 2623 15.1 -0.8 34 15.9 6.6 336 24 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.2 4.82 7 700 3201 9.7 -2.0 44 11.6 3.7 334 24 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.1 4.73 8 650 3810 3.9 -3.4 59 7.2 0.3 331 25 313.4 314.2 291.1 327.9 4.60 9 600 4454 -2.1 -5.2 79 3.1 -3.6 330 26 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.4 4.32 10 550 5138 -7.4 -11.3 74 3.9 -8.9 327 30 315.3 315.8 290.2 324.8 2.93 11 500 5875 -11.3 -21.2 44 9.9 -14.2 320 38 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.1 1.41 12 450 6676 -16.7 -23.8 54 7.1 -18.5 318 39 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.6 1.25 13 400 7549 -23.3 -31.0 49 7.7 -24.8 319 37 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.72 14 350 8511 -30.7 -37.8 50 7.1 -31.6 318 37 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.42 15 300 9588 -38.4 -44.1 55 5.8 -38.9 314 39 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.25 16 250 10815 -47.9 -51.2 68 3.4 -48.0 311 43 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12249 -57.8 -61.2 65 3.4 -57.9 306 44 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14065 -57.2 -78.1 5 21.0 -57.4 305 43 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16608 -61.2 -83.4 4 22.1 -61.5 310 21 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.47 m Freezing level: 617.50 mb = 4228.23 m = 13871.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.96 mb = 3860.04 m = 12664.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 587.10 mb = 4624.56 m = 15172.25 ft T: -3.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 7.66 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.74 mb = 4642.74 m = 15231.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.87 C Cross Totals Index: 12.73 C K Index: 26.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 592.29 mb = 4555.28 m = 14944.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.29 mb = 4894.61 m = 16058.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 517.29 mb = 5612.42 m = 18413.24 ft B at Equ Level: 22.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.29 mb = 7235.17 m = 23737.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.3 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 357.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 16.36 m/s