MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509111800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509111800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 21 SEP 25 Station: 44.3,-98.7 Latitude: 44.30 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 950 461 24.6 16.9 62 7.7 19.3 122 9 302.1 304.5 294.3 340.0 12.81 2 950 461 25.8 16.4 56 9.4 19.4 126 11 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.3 12.44 3 900 936 23.3 14.2 57 9.0 17.2 147 22 305.5 307.6 294.3 339.7 11.42 4 850 1433 20.1 12.3 61 7.8 15.0 178 22 307.2 309.2 294.1 339.3 10.64 5 800 1954 18.3 8.0 51 10.3 11.9 219 27 310.7 312.3 293.4 336.6 8.43 6 750 2505 16.6 -3.8 25 20.4 6.1 241 23 314.6 315.3 290.8 326.9 3.86 7 700 3087 12.1 -9.9 20 22.0 2.2 250 15 315.9 316.4 290.1 324.4 2.58 8 650 3701 6.4 -10.1 30 16.5 -0.9 253 15 316.2 316.7 290.3 325.1 2.72 9 600 4350 0.3 -10.9 43 11.3 -4.4 256 20 316.5 317.0 290.4 325.5 2.77 10 550 5039 -6.0 -12.0 63 6.0 -8.4 260 23 317.0 317.5 290.6 326.0 2.78 11 500 5777 -12.0 -15.8 73 3.8 -13.3 263 26 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.23 12 450 6575 -17.4 -22.6 64 5.1 -18.8 270 32 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.39 13 400 7446 -23.6 -29.4 59 5.9 -24.8 269 28 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.3 0.83 14 350 8408 -30.6 -35.0 65 4.4 -31.2 260 23 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.5 0.56 15 300 9482 -39.8 -41.0 88 1.2 -39.9 254 29 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.35 16 250 10700 -50.0 -50.5 95 0.5 -50.0 261 33 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.15 17 200 12136 -54.7 -67.2 20 12.5 -54.9 261 35 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13964 -58.0 -78.6 6 20.6 -58.3 259 41 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16492 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 275 19 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.18 m Freezing level: 597.50 mb = 4384.12 m = 14383.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.10 mb = 3523.20 m = 11558.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.08 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.45 mb = 1448.32 m = 4751.65 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.95 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.93 mb = 3303.78 m = 10839.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.28 C = 100.90 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 22.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1344.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 368.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.91 mb = 2062.71 m = 6767.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.91 mb = 4150.71 m = 13617.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.91 mb = 11673.26 m = 38297.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1326.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.91 mb = 14179.39 m = 46519.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.8 neg: -10.2 tot: 289.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 11.82 Bulk Shear: 113.74 m/s