MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 47.68,-98.55 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 959 453 17.5 10.3 63 7.2 13.1 78 8 294.1 295.6 288.1 317.8 8.23 2 950 531 18.7 9.8 56 8.9 13.3 87 14 296.1 297.6 288.5 319.4 8.02 3 900 1000 22.8 9.3 42 13.5 14.4 133 15 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.6 8.19 4 850 1496 20.8 9.0 47 11.9 13.4 178 13 308.0 309.5 292.7 333.8 8.48 5 800 2018 17.7 7.5 51 10.3 11.4 208 18 310.1 311.6 293.1 335.1 8.14 6 750 2566 13.7 5.2 57 8.5 8.6 207 20 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.4 7.41 7 700 3143 8.9 2.1 62 6.9 5.1 208 20 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.2 6.36 8 650 3752 4.7 -4.4 52 9.1 0.3 222 21 314.3 315.1 291.1 327.8 4.23 9 600 4398 -1.1 -6.1 69 5.0 -3.4 229 24 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.8 4.05 10 550 5085 -6.5 -10.5 73 4.0 -8.1 233 26 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.5 3.13 11 500 5824 -11.0 -19.0 52 8.0 -13.5 245 22 319.7 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.71 12 450 6625 -16.2 -26.5 41 10.2 -18.7 246 22 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.2 0.98 13 400 7501 -22.3 -29.6 51 7.3 -23.8 243 28 326.0 326.2 291.4 329.0 0.82 14 350 8469 -29.0 -37.2 45 8.2 -30.2 246 32 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.3 0.45 15 300 9550 -38.0 -42.6 62 4.6 -38.4 250 35 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 16 250 10780 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 234 51 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12210 -58.7 -61.0 75 2.3 -58.7 243 53 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14013 -59.6 -78.9 6 19.3 -59.8 253 38 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16521 -63.4 -83.3 5 19.9 -63.6 276 26 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.94 m Freezing level: 609.28 mb = 4278.19 m = 14035.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.50 mb = 3795.74 m = 12453.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.61 mb = 1378.22 m = 4521.67 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.54 mb = 3770.40 m = 12369.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.36 C = 99.26 F Cap Strength: 7.90 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.76 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6557.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.35 mb = 2416.17 m = 7926.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 176.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 109.95 m/s