MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 44.64,-99.72 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -99.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 490 SFC 942 564 24.7 18.2 67 6.5 20.2 172 12 303.0 305.6 295.4 344.7 14.08 3 900 962 20.6 16.9 79 3.7 18.0 186 19 302.7 305.2 295.0 342.8 13.56 4 850 1454 17.1 14.9 87 2.2 15.6 210 20 304.0 306.4 294.7 341.6 12.63 5 800 1969 13.3 12.4 94 1.0 12.7 222 22 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.4 11.36 6 750 2512 11.1 7.8 80 3.3 9.0 236 25 308.6 310.3 293.2 335.6 8.87 7 700 3085 7.9 3.4 73 4.5 5.4 238 26 311.3 312.6 292.5 333.0 7.02 8 650 3693 3.6 0.5 80 3.1 1.9 237 22 313.0 314.2 292.3 332.1 6.10 9 600 4337 -1.5 -2.7 92 1.2 -2.1 239 20 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.0 5.25 10 550 5026 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 231 21 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.3 4.25 11 500 5769 -9.0 -14.3 66 5.3 -11.0 231 27 322.0 322.5 291.9 330.5 2.53 12 450 6577 -13.8 -23.4 44 9.7 -16.4 230 29 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.4 1.29 13 400 7461 -20.0 -31.5 35 11.6 -22.3 225 31 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.69 14 350 8437 -27.2 -36.6 40 9.4 -28.6 217 39 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.9 0.47 15 300 9528 -35.5 -37.7 80 2.2 -35.8 200 45 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.50 16 250 10769 -45.7 -45.8 99 0.1 -45.7 186 55 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12211 -58.5 -59.6 87 1.1 -58.5 192 66 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 18 150 14008 -58.8 -78.1 7 19.3 -59.0 218 36 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16546 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.0 256 14 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.46 m Freezing level: 614.44 mb = 4151.07 m = 13618.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.22 mb = 3992.83 m = 13099.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.06 mb = 1392.67 m = 4569.07 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1697.46 m = 5569.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1075.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.34 mb = 1520.72 m = 4989.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.34 mb = 1880.91 m = 6170.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.34 mb = 12586.13 m = 41292.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1043.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.34 mb = 14514.47 m = 47619.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 103.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 30.76 Bulk Shear: 34.95 m/s