MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 48.62,-96.49 Latitude: 48.62 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 979 313 29.2 12.3 35 16.9 18.2 125 8 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.7 9.22 2 950 576 26.0 11.2 40 14.8 16.5 132 12 303.5 305.2 291.7 329.9 8.82 3 900 1048 21.5 10.4 49 11.2 14.6 142 14 303.7 305.3 291.7 330.1 8.82 4 850 1540 17.6 9.4 59 8.2 12.5 158 15 304.5 306.2 291.9 330.7 8.73 5 800 2058 16.2 6.4 52 9.8 10.3 197 17 308.4 309.8 292.1 331.4 7.53 6 750 2603 12.2 1.4 48 10.8 6.3 212 15 309.8 310.8 290.9 327.3 5.65 7 700 3176 7.4 -1.0 55 8.4 3.0 221 12 310.7 311.6 290.7 326.5 5.07 8 650 3781 2.4 -6.4 52 8.9 -1.6 219 9 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.63 9 600 4422 -2.5 -9.8 57 7.3 -5.5 213 8 313.3 313.9 289.7 323.0 3.03 10 550 5106 -7.5 -12.9 65 5.4 -9.5 212 11 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.6 2.57 11 500 5842 -12.0 -18.7 57 6.7 -14.1 230 13 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.2 1.74 12 450 6640 -17.0 -21.9 66 4.9 -18.3 247 14 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.0 1.48 13 400 7514 -23.0 -27.4 67 4.4 -23.9 241 17 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.7 1.01 14 350 8478 -30.0 -31.1 90 1.1 -30.2 252 22 328.3 328.4 292.0 331.2 0.82 15 300 9556 -38.6 -39.0 97 0.3 -38.7 245 28 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.43 16 250 10780 -49.3 -50.7 85 1.4 -49.4 244 33 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.15 17 200 12215 -55.8 -64.7 32 8.9 -56.0 248 36 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14033 -58.3 -80.0 5 21.7 -58.5 263 31 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16553 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.7 281 31 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.38 m Freezing level: 625.04 mb = 4101.07 m = 13454.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.51 mb = 3564.14 m = 11693.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.46 mb = 2430.82 m = 7975.02 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.70 mb = 3273.68 m = 10740.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.43 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.63 mb = 2451.02 m = 8041.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.63 mb = 4440.16 m = 14567.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.63 mb = 7538.83 m = 24733.41 ft B at Equ Level: 70.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.63 mb = 9587.04 m = 31453.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 84.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.04 Bulk Shear: 23.26 m/s