MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 45.98,-97.87 Latitude: 45.98 Longitude: -97.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 967 400 26.4 16.2 53 10.3 19.5 334 10 302.4 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.02 2 950 559 24.6 14.4 53 10.1 17.8 333 14 302.1 304.1 292.9 334.5 10.94 3 900 1029 20.1 13.4 65 6.7 15.7 326 14 302.2 304.2 292.8 334.1 10.77 4 850 1519 15.5 12.2 81 3.3 13.4 318 13 302.4 304.3 292.7 333.8 10.59 5 800 2031 11.1 10.7 98 0.4 10.8 311 13 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.14 6 750 2567 7.5 6.7 95 0.7 7.1 306 14 304.7 306.2 291.6 329.5 8.26 7 700 3133 3.6 1.3 85 2.3 2.4 305 17 306.5 307.7 290.3 324.9 6.03 8 650 3730 -0.5 -6.8 63 6.3 -3.3 302 19 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.54 9 600 4366 -4.1 -12.2 53 8.1 -7.2 311 24 311.4 311.9 288.6 319.5 2.50 10 550 5047 -8.2 -13.2 67 5.0 -10.0 308 27 314.4 314.9 289.5 322.6 2.51 11 500 5781 -12.8 -17.9 66 5.1 -14.4 309 30 317.5 317.8 289.9 323.7 1.88 12 450 6576 -17.9 -22.5 67 4.6 -19.1 310 33 320.7 321.0 290.4 325.5 1.40 13 400 7448 -23.2 -32.9 41 9.7 -24.9 308 37 324.8 325.0 290.9 327.0 0.60 14 350 8410 -31.0 -42.4 32 11.4 -32.3 287 29 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.26 15 300 9482 -39.7 -40.8 89 1.1 -39.8 298 35 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.8 0.36 16 250 10702 -49.6 -49.6 99 0.1 -49.6 293 39 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 17 200 12123 -61.0 -61.3 97 0.3 -61.0 289 43 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 18 150 13918 -56.6 -78.7 5 22.1 -56.9 296 41 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16491 -57.1 -84.7 2 27.6 -57.5 305 25 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.64 m Freezing level: 655.89 mb = 3659.70 m = 12006.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.69 mb = 3381.89 m = 11095.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.80 mb = 1691.61 m = 5549.83 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 18.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.86 mb = 1927.18 m = 6322.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.14 mb = 1851.72 m = 6075.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.14 mb = 2007.97 m = 6587.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.14 mb = 11454.49 m = 37579.90 ft B at Equ Level: 895.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.14 mb = 13829.25 m = 45371.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 81.60 Bulk Shear: 11.00 m/s