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: 46.04,-102.05 Latitude: 46.04 Longitude: -102.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 589 SFC 932 754 24.9 11.9 44 13.0 16.5 8 17 304.1 305.8 292.3 332.2 9.40 3 900 1059 20.4 10.8 54 9.6 14.4 6 24 302.6 304.2 291.6 329.6 9.08 4 850 1549 15.8 9.7 67 6.1 12.1 0 21 302.7 304.4 291.5 329.3 8.94 5 800 2060 11.3 8.3 82 3.0 9.5 353 19 303.2 304.8 291.4 329.0 8.64 6 750 2596 6.8 6.4 97 0.4 6.6 338 16 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.2 8.06 7 700 3161 3.6 3.0 95 0.7 3.3 287 22 306.5 307.8 290.9 327.2 6.79 8 650 3760 0.4 -1.4 88 1.8 -0.5 291 29 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.8 5.30 9 600 4398 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.8 -4.5 311 33 311.8 312.7 290.3 325.2 4.24 10 550 5081 -8.0 -9.9 86 1.9 -8.7 315 48 314.6 315.3 290.3 325.2 3.29 11 500 5814 -13.0 -17.5 69 4.5 -14.4 311 47 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.7 1.94 12 450 6610 -17.9 -21.6 73 3.7 -18.9 310 49 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.9 1.51 13 400 7480 -24.0 -24.6 94 0.6 -24.1 302 52 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.4 1.30 14 350 8440 -31.4 -32.6 89 1.2 -31.6 297 56 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.0 0.71 15 300 9512 -40.0 -40.0 100 0.0 -40.0 308 48 329.0 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.39 16 250 10728 -50.5 -50.8 96 0.3 -50.5 299 51 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.14 17 200 12146 -60.1 -62.4 75 2.3 -60.2 294 53 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.04 18 150 13951 -56.6 -78.5 5 21.9 -56.9 303 45 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16521 -57.8 -84.5 2 26.7 -58.2 305 31 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.28 m Freezing level: 645.32 mb = 3819.31 m = 12530.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.99 mb = 3673.03 m = 12050.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.63 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.46 mb = 2383.38 m = 7819.40 ft T: 8.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 6.95 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2407.98 m = 7900.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.16 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 225.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.36 mb = 2309.36 m = 7576.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.36 mb = 2581.03 m = 8467.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.36 mb = 9033.84 m = 29638.22 ft B at Equ Level: 225.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.36 mb = 12102.56 m = 39706.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: -15.4 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.89 Bulk Shear: 78.03 m/s