MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 48.85,-97.02 Latitude: 48.85 Longitude: -97.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 985 250 20.5 16.1 76 4.4 17.5 92 15 294.9 297.0 291.3 328.5 11.73 2 950 562 22.6 13.7 57 8.9 16.8 114 30 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.7 10.41 3 900 1033 21.9 11.0 50 10.9 15.0 146 26 304.1 305.8 292.2 331.6 9.19 4 850 1527 18.5 7.9 50 10.6 12.1 169 23 305.6 307.0 291.6 329.4 7.90 5 800 2044 14.9 5.3 53 9.6 9.3 186 24 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.4 7.02 6 750 2586 10.5 3.7 63 6.8 6.6 195 25 308.0 309.3 291.3 328.4 6.66 7 700 3156 5.7 2.4 79 3.3 3.8 202 26 308.7 310.0 291.3 328.7 6.50 8 650 3758 0.9 0.5 98 0.3 0.7 209 27 309.9 311.1 291.4 328.9 6.13 9 600 4399 -2.2 -2.3 99 0.1 -2.3 219 28 313.6 314.6 291.9 330.5 5.38 10 550 5086 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.6 -6.1 222 25 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.0 4.29 11 500 5827 -10.6 -11.6 92 1.0 -11.0 220 26 320.1 320.8 291.9 330.5 3.15 12 450 6629 -16.1 -17.6 88 1.5 -16.6 212 25 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.2 2.12 13 400 7506 -21.9 -25.0 75 3.2 -22.6 224 20 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.25 14 350 8474 -29.1 -30.3 89 1.2 -29.3 236 21 329.6 329.7 292.4 332.8 0.88 15 300 9558 -37.2 -37.5 97 0.3 -37.2 226 33 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.51 16 250 10789 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 218 36 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12226 -56.5 -62.4 47 5.9 -56.6 232 42 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14043 -57.1 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.4 259 32 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16575 -62.4 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.7 291 16 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.32 m Freezing level: 635.82 mb = 3939.72 m = 12925.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.66 mb = 3898.89 m = 12791.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.84 mb = 814.96 m = 2673.72 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2716.31 m = 8911.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 288.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.13 mb = 1852.61 m = 6078.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.13 mb = 3595.68 m = 11796.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 593.13 mb = 4489.54 m = 14729.30 ft B at Equ Level: 42.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.13 mb = 7631.38 m = 25037.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 226.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 318.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 150.71 m/s