MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 44.08,-103.09 Latitude: 44.08 Longitude: -103.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 586 SFC 904 1020 25.4 7.9 33 17.5 14.7 46 6 307.3 308.7 291.7 329.9 7.42 3 900 1058 24.8 7.1 32 17.7 14.1 40 8 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.5 7.04 4 850 1554 20.3 5.8 39 14.5 11.7 22 9 307.4 308.7 291.2 328.1 6.79 5 800 2072 15.5 4.5 48 11.0 9.2 354 11 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.9 6.61 6 750 2615 11.2 2.0 53 9.2 6.2 318 19 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.0 5.92 7 700 3187 6.7 -1.3 57 8.0 2.6 307 27 309.9 310.9 290.4 325.4 4.97 8 650 3790 1.7 -4.8 62 6.5 -1.4 311 31 310.8 311.6 289.9 323.8 4.11 9 600 4430 -3.0 -12.6 47 9.6 -6.7 324 30 312.7 313.2 288.9 320.6 2.42 10 550 5113 -7.1 -20.8 32 13.7 -11.3 331 30 315.6 315.9 288.8 320.1 1.32 11 500 5849 -11.8 -19.0 55 7.1 -14.0 332 34 318.6 318.9 290.1 324.4 1.71 12 450 6650 -16.3 -23.3 54 7.1 -18.1 338 37 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.3 1.30 13 400 7526 -22.5 -25.3 78 2.7 -23.2 335 37 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.0 1.23 14 350 8492 -29.0 -36.0 51 7.0 -30.0 331 35 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.5 0.50 15 300 9573 -38.2 -38.8 94 0.6 -38.2 334 42 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.44 16 250 10801 -48.3 -48.3 100 0.0 -48.3 347 41 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.19 17 200 12228 -60.9 -61.4 94 0.4 -60.9 351 48 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 18 150 14003 -59.4 -77.7 8 18.3 -59.6 322 39 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16546 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.5 323 29 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.53 m Freezing level: 631.98 mb = 4020.77 m = 13191.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.40 mb = 3575.29 m = 11729.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.28 mb = 3207.13 m = 10521.95 ft T: 6.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.84 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.20 mb = 3737.88 m = 12263.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5376.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.46 mb = 3357.89 m = 11016.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.6 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 358.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 87.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 72.45 m/s