MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 46.86,-100.73 Latitude: 46.86 Longitude: -100.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 565 SFC 948 581 27.4 11.8 38 15.6 17.3 199 8 305.2 306.9 292.5 332.8 9.20 3 900 1040 23.0 10.3 44 12.8 15.0 211 13 305.3 306.9 292.2 331.6 8.74 4 850 1534 18.3 9.3 56 9.0 12.7 223 12 305.3 307.0 292.2 331.5 8.71 5 800 2049 13.5 8.3 71 5.1 10.3 241 11 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.5 8.63 6 750 2589 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 280 10 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.3 7.95 7 700 3157 5.1 2.4 83 2.6 3.6 328 15 308.1 309.3 291.2 328.1 6.52 8 650 3758 0.6 -2.3 81 2.9 -0.8 335 17 309.7 310.6 290.3 325.2 4.99 9 600 4396 -2.9 -11.0 53 8.1 -6.1 328 17 312.8 313.3 289.3 321.7 2.75 10 550 5081 -6.7 -20.4 33 13.7 -10.9 331 21 316.1 316.4 289.0 320.7 1.37 11 500 5817 -12.1 -27.3 27 15.3 -15.7 334 26 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.2 0.81 12 450 6614 -17.8 -34.0 23 16.2 -20.8 327 27 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.6 0.48 13 400 7483 -24.9 -36.4 33 11.5 -26.6 327 29 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.42 14 350 8437 -33.0 -41.2 44 8.2 -33.8 326 31 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.3 0.30 15 300 9500 -42.0 -46.9 58 4.9 -42.3 331 31 326.2 326.3 290.9 326.9 0.19 16 250 10712 -49.4 -55.9 46 6.6 -49.6 349 39 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 17 200 12157 -53.1 -69.4 12 16.3 -53.4 338 32 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14007 -54.9 -79.6 3 24.7 -55.2 310 28 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16569 -58.6 -84.5 2 25.9 -58.9 314 21 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.61 m Freezing level: 640.84 mb = 3875.02 m = 12713.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.11 mb = 3645.21 m = 11959.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.05 mb = 2543.96 m = 8346.23 ft T: 9.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2826.09 m = 9271.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.79 mb = 2624.25 m = 8609.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.79 mb = 3252.77 m = 10671.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.79 mb = 10405.94 m = 34139.81 ft B at Equ Level: 547.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.79 mb = 12426.96 m = 40770.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.3 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 345.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 8.04 Bulk Shear: 68.11 m/s