MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 44.51,-103.88 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -103.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 534 2 900 995 SFC 876 1230 16.4 11.2 71 5.2 13.1 119 2 300.7 302.5 291.4 328.9 9.58 4 850 1483 18.0 8.2 53 9.8 12.0 74 8 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.2 8.04 5 800 2004 18.9 3.4 36 15.5 9.9 67 5 311.3 312.4 291.8 330.3 6.11 6 750 2554 14.7 1.8 41 13.0 7.5 187 5 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.7 5.81 7 700 3132 9.3 0.5 54 8.9 4.5 216 9 312.8 313.9 291.9 330.6 5.66 8 650 3741 3.7 -1.0 71 4.7 1.3 224 11 313.2 314.2 291.8 330.4 5.49 9 600 4385 -1.5 -3.8 84 2.3 -2.6 220 11 314.4 315.4 291.6 329.7 4.82 10 550 5073 -6.3 -8.6 84 2.3 -7.3 191 13 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.3 3.63 11 500 5812 -11.2 -14.7 75 3.5 -12.5 192 14 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.5 2.44 12 450 6612 -16.7 -18.1 89 1.4 -17.1 199 11 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.2 2.05 13 400 7486 -22.6 -23.2 95 0.6 -22.7 191 15 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.8 1.48 14 350 8452 -29.2 -31.2 82 2.0 -29.5 173 13 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.3 0.81 15 300 9534 -37.6 -39.9 79 2.3 -37.8 168 12 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.40 16 250 10765 -47.0 -49.4 77 2.4 -47.1 170 14 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.17 17 200 12217 -52.5 -69.6 11 17.1 -52.8 207 22 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14069 -56.1 -80.7 3 24.5 -56.4 228 18 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16598 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.4 -63.3 244 14 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.05 m Freezing level: 614.10 mb = 4203.56 m = 13791.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3943.63 m = 12938.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.52 mb = 1891.76 m = 6206.47 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 3.22 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.48 mb = 3884.89 m = 12745.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.62 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 28.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6506.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.77 mb = 3241.17 m = 10633.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.3 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 227.3 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -9.3 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 26.53 m/s