MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 43.92,-100.78 Latitude: 43.92 Longitude: -100.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 545 SFC 938 652 24.9 10.1 39 14.8 15.7 169 15 303.6 305.1 291.3 328.4 8.32 3 900 1019 24.5 8.6 36 15.8 14.7 179 34 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.5 7.83 4 850 1517 21.3 7.5 41 13.8 12.9 189 32 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.0 7.69 5 800 2038 16.9 6.6 50 10.4 10.7 198 26 309.2 310.6 292.4 332.6 7.65 6 750 2584 12.2 5.0 62 7.2 8.0 203 19 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.4 7.33 7 700 3158 8.0 0.8 60 7.3 4.1 197 12 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.4 5.79 8 650 3766 3.9 -4.9 52 8.9 -0.3 185 9 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.4 4.08 9 600 4410 -1.1 -8.7 56 7.6 -4.4 183 10 314.8 315.4 290.4 325.5 3.31 10 550 5098 -6.4 -11.8 65 5.4 -8.5 186 8 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.7 2.81 11 500 5836 -11.3 -14.0 80 2.7 -12.3 173 9 319.3 319.8 291.1 327.9 2.59 12 450 6638 -15.8 -20.2 69 4.3 -17.1 188 12 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.2 1.71 13 400 7515 -22.1 -24.8 79 2.7 -22.7 193 17 326.3 326.5 291.9 330.8 1.28 14 350 8482 -29.7 -29.8 100 0.0 -29.7 188 15 328.7 328.8 292.3 332.0 0.92 15 300 9561 -38.3 -44.8 50 6.6 -38.8 213 23 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.4 0.23 16 250 10792 -46.5 -57.6 27 11.2 -46.9 211 30 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.06 17 200 12250 -52.7 -68.1 14 15.4 -53.1 211 28 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14088 -56.2 -78.5 4 22.4 -56.5 250 16 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16614 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.9 284 12 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.82 m Freezing level: 611.14 mb = 4266.72 m = 13998.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.73 mb = 3718.86 m = 12200.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.73 mb = 2530.93 m = 8303.49 ft T: 12.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.78 mb = 3755.86 m = 12322.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.59 C = 94.26 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.62 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.35 mb = 3012.76 m = 9884.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.35 mb = 5135.18 m = 16847.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.35 mb = 6349.94 m = 20832.90 ft B at Equ Level: 28.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 387.35 mb = 7747.67 m = 25418.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.2 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 218.2 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 95.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 19.91 m/s