MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 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 124 SFC 955 528 27.0 11.0 37 16.0 16.8 174 9 304.2 305.8 291.7 330.0 8.64 2 950 570 26.4 10.0 36 16.5 16.1 174 11 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.3 8.11 3 900 1044 23.8 6.6 33 17.2 13.6 191 19 306.1 307.3 290.8 326.8 6.82 4 850 1541 21.2 5.1 35 16.1 11.7 184 22 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.3 6.49 5 800 2062 17.0 3.9 42 13.1 9.5 178 19 309.3 310.5 291.4 328.9 6.35 6 750 2608 12.4 2.1 49 10.3 6.6 176 16 310.0 311.1 291.3 328.4 5.93 7 700 3181 7.0 0.9 65 6.1 3.7 181 14 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.3 5.83 8 650 3784 1.8 -0.6 84 2.3 0.5 187 13 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.5 5.65 9 600 4425 -2.9 -3.8 93 0.9 -3.3 192 10 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.82 10 550 5110 -6.9 -9.1 84 2.2 -7.8 187 11 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.2 3.50 11 500 5848 -11.3 -13.9 81 2.6 -12.2 195 9 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.0 2.62 12 450 6648 -16.9 -17.9 92 1.0 -17.1 192 11 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.1 2.08 13 400 7523 -22.3 -23.0 94 0.7 -22.5 172 16 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.2 1.50 14 350 8491 -29.3 -32.0 77 2.7 -29.7 178 18 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.75 15 300 9572 -38.2 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.5 177 16 331.6 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.34 16 250 10798 -48.2 -48.8 93 0.6 -48.2 199 19 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.18 17 200 12235 -55.2 -63.9 33 8.7 -55.4 212 29 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.04 18 150 14056 -57.8 -78.3 6 20.4 -58.1 242 23 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16575 -63.4 -83.6 5 20.2 -63.6 254 13 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.27 m Freezing level: 631.04 mb = 4027.34 m = 13212.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3871.99 m = 12703.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.66 mb = 2555.09 m = 8382.73 ft T: 12.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.96 mb = 3660.53 m = 12009.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6122.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.44 mb = 3116.37 m = 10224.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 215.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -22.0 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 271.61 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s