MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 41.80,-103.78 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -103.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 546 2 900 1007 SFC 864 1357 16.5 9.8 64 6.7 12.4 259 8 302.1 303.7 291.2 328.4 8.85 4 850 1494 17.2 8.6 57 8.6 12.0 264 15 304.2 305.7 291.5 329.0 8.28 5 800 2012 16.2 6.3 52 9.8 10.3 241 11 308.4 309.8 292.1 331.4 7.53 6 750 2558 12.6 4.7 59 7.8 8.0 191 11 310.2 311.6 292.3 332.3 7.17 7 700 3133 8.6 1.5 61 7.1 4.6 172 11 312.0 313.2 292.0 331.0 6.09 8 650 3742 3.9 -2.5 63 6.4 0.7 160 8 313.4 314.4 291.4 328.9 4.91 9 600 4386 -1.2 -5.9 70 4.8 -3.4 154 8 314.8 315.6 291.1 327.9 4.10 10 550 5074 -6.0 -9.4 76 3.5 -7.4 167 10 317.0 317.6 291.2 328.0 3.40 11 500 5814 -10.5 -14.5 73 3.9 -12.0 190 12 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.49 12 450 6616 -16.4 -19.5 77 3.1 -17.3 198 11 322.6 323.0 291.4 328.8 1.81 13 400 7491 -23.0 -25.2 82 2.2 -23.5 210 9 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.5 1.23 14 350 8455 -29.9 -30.1 99 0.2 -30.0 258 9 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.6 0.90 15 300 9533 -38.9 -38.9 100 -0.0 -38.9 232 11 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.44 16 250 10770 -43.1 -59.7 14 16.6 -43.7 230 19 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 17 200 12247 -50.5 -71.8 6 21.3 -51.0 242 19 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14096 -56.7 -80.1 4 23.4 -57.0 253 17 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16615 -64.6 -83.1 6 18.5 -64.8 256 5 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.17 m Freezing level: 611.34 mb = 4240.23 m = 13911.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.48 mb = 3847.78 m = 12623.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.14 mb = 2213.97 m = 7263.61 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.93 mb = 3754.85 m = 12318.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 259.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.88 mb = 3016.52 m = 9896.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 454.88 mb = 6534.31 m = 21437.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.88 mb = 7769.00 m = 25488.54 ft B at Equ Level: 31.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.88 mb = 9194.74 m = 30166.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -35.5 tot: -35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 22.49 m/s