MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 47.97,-97.31 Latitude: 47.97 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 278 16.5 12.4 77 4.0 14.0 60 5 291.3 292.9 287.9 317.6 9.27 2 950 546 18.9 11.0 60 7.9 14.0 98 13 296.4 297.9 289.2 321.5 8.68 3 900 1012 20.3 9.9 51 10.4 13.8 119 12 302.4 304.0 291.0 327.7 8.51 4 850 1505 20.0 8.5 48 11.5 12.9 165 11 307.1 308.7 292.3 332.1 8.24 5 800 2026 17.7 7.5 51 10.2 11.4 202 16 310.0 311.6 293.1 335.1 8.15 6 750 2574 13.3 5.2 58 8.1 8.5 205 20 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.9 7.40 7 700 3150 8.3 3.2 70 5.1 5.4 211 21 311.7 313.0 292.5 333.0 6.89 8 650 3758 4.3 -3.1 58 7.4 0.5 225 20 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.67 9 600 4404 -1.2 -5.9 70 4.7 -3.4 235 21 314.7 315.5 291.1 327.8 4.11 10 550 5090 -7.2 -8.0 94 0.9 -7.5 244 22 315.5 316.3 291.1 327.7 3.79 11 500 5826 -12.0 -14.7 80 2.8 -13.0 255 21 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.5 2.44 12 450 6624 -17.0 -24.1 54 7.1 -18.8 259 20 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.1 1.21 13 400 7499 -21.8 -29.9 48 8.1 -23.5 259 27 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.5 0.80 14 350 8470 -28.5 -34.5 56 6.0 -29.4 244 30 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.5 0.59 15 300 9553 -37.6 -37.8 98 0.2 -37.7 240 33 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.2 0.49 16 250 10782 -48.5 -48.7 98 0.2 -48.5 236 45 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.18 17 200 12213 -58.4 -60.6 76 2.2 -58.5 246 55 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 18 150 14013 -59.3 -79.1 6 19.7 -59.6 257 41 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16526 -63.7 -83.3 5 19.6 -63.8 276 24 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.93 m Freezing level: 611.02 mb = 4261.41 m = 13980.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.03 mb = 3845.12 m = 12615.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.35 C = 92.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.74 mb = 796.58 m = 2613.41 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.16 mb = 3532.03 m = 11587.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.52 F Cap Strength: 9.92 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.21 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7124.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.71 mb = 1838.03 m = 6030.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 90.18 m/s