MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 29 SEP 25 Station: 45.0,-99.3 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -99.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 954 528 17.7 9.6 59 8.1 12.9 159 6 294.9 296.3 288.0 317.7 7.89 2 950 560 19.6 9.4 52 10.1 13.5 169 9 297.1 298.5 288.7 319.9 7.83 3 900 1030 24.9 5.6 29 19.3 13.4 212 25 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.4 6.32 4 850 1530 22.8 3.4 28 19.3 11.6 214 22 310.0 311.1 291.1 327.9 5.77 5 800 2053 17.9 4.2 40 13.7 9.9 203 15 310.2 311.4 291.7 330.2 6.46 6 750 2600 12.7 3.6 54 9.2 7.5 190 12 310.4 311.7 291.9 330.9 6.62 7 700 3174 7.6 1.0 63 6.6 4.0 190 12 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.2 5.89 8 650 3779 2.6 -3.1 66 5.7 -0.3 194 10 311.9 312.7 290.7 326.5 4.67 9 600 4421 -2.4 -7.4 69 5.0 -4.6 206 10 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.0 3.66 10 550 5106 -6.8 -16.0 48 9.2 -10.0 201 12 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.6 1.99 11 500 5845 -10.5 -15.7 65 5.2 -12.3 204 17 320.3 320.7 291.1 327.8 2.25 12 450 6648 -15.6 -21.0 63 5.4 -17.1 209 16 323.6 324.0 291.5 329.1 1.59 13 400 7526 -22.0 -27.9 59 5.9 -23.2 220 16 326.4 326.6 291.7 329.9 0.96 14 350 8493 -29.3 -35.7 54 6.4 -30.2 243 18 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.2 0.52 15 300 9575 -38.1 -44.3 52 6.2 -38.6 226 23 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.25 16 250 10801 -48.8 -49.4 93 0.6 -48.8 223 23 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.17 17 200 12234 -55.7 -63.6 37 7.9 -55.9 237 35 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14052 -57.8 -79.1 5 21.3 -58.0 240 26 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16554 -64.4 -83.5 6 19.1 -64.6 269 20 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.11 m Freezing level: 624.20 mb = 4110.39 m = 13485.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.19 mb = 3739.31 m = 12267.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.67 mb = 1584.07 m = 5197.01 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.82 mb = 3943.61 m = 12938.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.88 C = 94.78 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.17 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.23 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7176.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.37 mb = 3122.11 m = 10243.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: -26.1 tot: 45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 70.83 Bulk Shear: 0.75 m/s