MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 44.48,-100.04 Latitude: 44.48 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 952 528 21.6 12.7 57 8.9 15.9 8 6 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.3 9.72 2 950 549 21.5 12.4 56 9.2 15.7 7 7 299.0 300.8 290.9 327.0 9.54 3 900 1016 19.4 9.6 53 9.8 13.4 296 7 301.5 303.0 290.6 326.3 8.36 4 850 1505 15.6 7.9 60 7.8 11.0 262 11 302.5 304.0 290.6 326.0 7.87 5 800 2016 11.3 6.2 71 5.1 8.3 257 17 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.6 7.46 6 750 2551 6.9 3.4 78 3.5 5.0 265 24 304.1 305.3 289.9 323.8 6.53 7 700 3114 1.7 0.1 89 1.6 0.8 277 30 304.4 305.4 289.0 321.0 5.49 8 650 3709 -0.7 -7.4 60 6.7 -3.6 284 38 308.2 308.8 288.3 318.8 3.37 9 600 4344 -5.0 -8.9 74 3.9 -6.6 278 36 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.7 3.26 10 550 5022 -9.6 -13.7 72 4.1 -11.0 277 37 312.7 313.2 288.9 320.6 2.42 11 500 5752 -14.0 -28.1 29 14.2 -17.2 278 40 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.6 0.75 12 450 6543 -19.6 -27.2 50 7.7 -21.2 276 45 318.7 318.8 289.3 321.8 0.91 13 400 7407 -25.7 -36.6 35 10.9 -27.3 273 52 321.6 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.42 14 350 8359 -33.8 -41.2 47 7.4 -34.6 277 56 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.30 15 300 9417 -43.3 -43.7 96 0.4 -43.3 271 57 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.27 16 250 10620 -51.6 -53.3 82 1.7 -51.7 264 59 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.11 17 200 12061 -53.3 -71.9 9 18.6 -53.6 258 47 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13911 -53.4 -80.0 2 26.6 -53.8 260 37 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16499 -57.3 -84.1 2 26.8 -57.7 262 25 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.55 m Freezing level: 664.50 mb = 3536.33 m = 11601.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.44 mb = 3224.01 m = 10577.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.75 mb = 1657.43 m = 5437.70 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.88 mb = 2497.46 m = 8193.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 225.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.76 mb = 2154.28 m = 7067.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.76 mb = 2864.12 m = 9396.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.76 mb = 9831.14 m = 32254.01 ft B at Equ Level: 221.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.76 mb = 11394.26 m = 37382.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 164.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 87.72 m/s