MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 43.49,-102.32 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -102.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 528 SFC 913 873 21.7 10.5 49 11.2 14.7 182 17 302.6 304.2 291.3 328.7 8.76 3 900 995 21.3 10.0 48 11.4 14.3 183 27 303.5 305.1 291.5 329.2 8.58 4 850 1489 20.1 8.8 48 11.3 13.1 201 35 307.2 308.8 292.4 332.7 8.40 5 800 2010 17.6 6.5 48 11.2 10.9 207 23 310.0 311.4 292.6 333.3 7.59 6 750 2558 13.4 4.6 55 8.8 8.2 191 10 311.1 312.5 292.6 333.1 7.09 7 700 3134 8.6 2.2 64 6.4 5.0 158 6 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.9 6.41 8 650 3742 3.6 -1.7 68 5.3 0.9 160 8 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.5 5.22 9 600 4387 -1.3 -5.9 71 4.6 -3.4 166 10 314.6 315.4 291.0 327.7 4.10 10 550 5074 -6.0 -11.1 67 5.1 -8.0 165 11 317.0 317.5 290.7 326.7 2.99 11 500 5814 -10.5 -13.4 79 2.9 -11.6 191 17 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.2 2.72 12 450 6617 -16.3 -17.6 89 1.3 -16.7 196 21 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.0 2.14 13 400 7491 -23.2 -24.4 90 1.2 -23.4 198 22 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.5 1.33 14 350 8454 -30.7 -34.0 73 3.3 -31.2 191 25 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.62 15 300 9529 -38.5 -41.5 73 3.0 -38.8 193 24 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10762 -45.0 -60.7 16 15.7 -45.5 203 29 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12235 -50.2 -72.3 6 22.2 -50.6 229 24 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14088 -56.3 -79.9 4 23.5 -56.6 258 18 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16606 -63.9 -83.2 5 19.3 -64.1 230 7 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.91 m Freezing level: 613.08 mb = 4217.88 m = 13838.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.64 mb = 3871.55 m = 12701.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.83 mb = 2292.68 m = 7521.83 ft T: 15.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 6.58 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.33 mb = 3550.96 m = 11649.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 299.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.26 mb = 2803.83 m = 9198.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.26 mb = 5027.55 m = 16494.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.26 mb = 9008.13 m = 29553.86 ft B at Equ Level: 90.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.26 mb = 10412.56 m = 34161.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 217.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -56.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: -28.3 tot: 65.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.62 Bulk Shear: 19.77 m/s