MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 45.52,-96.97 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 960 444 22.9 19.5 81 3.4 20.5 81 8 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.4 15.02 2 950 536 22.7 19.0 79 3.7 20.1 86 13 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.2 14.68 3 900 1009 23.7 14.3 56 9.3 17.4 171 9 305.9 308.0 294.4 340.4 11.49 4 850 1507 21.4 10.0 48 11.4 14.1 220 15 308.5 310.3 293.4 336.2 9.09 5 800 2029 17.1 7.7 54 9.4 11.3 228 23 309.3 310.9 292.9 334.6 8.25 6 750 2575 12.8 1.0 45 11.7 6.3 244 22 310.4 311.5 291.0 327.5 5.49 7 700 3150 8.6 -8.9 28 17.5 0.8 286 21 312.0 312.5 289.0 320.9 2.78 8 650 3756 3.3 -10.2 36 13.5 -2.4 290 28 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.4 2.70 9 600 4398 -2.5 -11.4 50 8.9 -6.0 291 31 313.3 313.8 289.3 321.9 2.67 10 550 5081 -8.0 -18.5 43 10.5 -11.3 291 33 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.0 1.62 11 500 5816 -12.1 -30.6 20 18.4 -16.2 292 35 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.4 0.60 12 450 6613 -17.2 -33.5 23 16.3 -20.3 285 39 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.5 0.50 13 400 7484 -24.2 -26.9 78 2.7 -24.8 281 47 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.05 14 350 8444 -31.0 -32.0 91 1.0 -31.2 283 45 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.7 0.75 15 300 9519 -39.5 -40.1 93 0.7 -39.5 281 48 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.39 16 250 10742 -48.1 -59.5 25 11.5 -48.4 280 48 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12192 -53.8 -70.7 11 17.0 -54.1 294 40 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14013 -59.2 -78.3 7 19.1 -59.5 296 39 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16543 -60.6 -84.6 3 24.0 -60.9 298 29 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.85 m Freezing level: 621.34 mb = 4124.33 m = 13531.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.65 mb = 3295.52 m = 10811.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.67 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.71 mb = 876.74 m = 2876.40 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 22.45 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.12 mb = 2629.67 m = 8627.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.84 C = 92.91 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1578.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.10 mb = 1889.28 m = 6198.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.10 mb = 3409.99 m = 11187.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.10 mb = 11628.76 m = 38151.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1558.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.10 mb = 14528.59 m = 47665.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.9 neg: -8.5 tot: 299.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 9.06 Bulk Shear: 174.26 m/s