MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509291800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509291800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 41.6,-101.0 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -101.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 554 SFC 903 993 27.9 7.5 28 20.4 15.3 169 18 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.2 7.23 3 900 1027 26.6 6.9 28 19.8 14.6 170 20 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.2 6.92 4 850 1526 21.4 5.7 36 15.7 12.1 171 25 308.6 309.8 291.5 329.3 6.78 5 800 2046 16.4 4.7 46 11.6 9.6 174 24 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.2 6.72 6 750 2590 11.2 3.8 60 7.4 7.0 175 23 308.7 310.0 291.5 329.3 6.71 7 700 3161 5.7 2.6 80 3.1 4.0 178 22 308.8 310.1 291.5 329.2 6.62 8 650 3763 1.0 -1.3 84 2.3 -0.2 194 18 310.1 311.2 290.8 326.8 5.36 9 600 4403 -2.6 -8.2 65 5.6 -5.0 206 14 313.1 313.7 290.0 324.0 3.43 10 550 5088 -6.5 -14.0 55 7.5 -9.3 196 11 316.4 316.8 290.0 324.1 2.35 11 500 5827 -11.0 -17.6 58 6.6 -13.2 202 14 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.1 1.92 12 450 6629 -15.7 -26.3 40 10.6 -18.3 199 24 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.0 0.99 13 400 7507 -21.5 -29.8 47 8.3 -23.2 210 20 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.81 14 350 8476 -29.1 -33.2 68 4.1 -29.7 212 30 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.0 0.67 15 300 9560 -37.0 -47.7 32 10.7 -37.9 208 44 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.17 16 250 10792 -47.0 -51.8 58 4.8 -47.2 219 45 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 17 200 12251 -52.8 -67.5 15 14.8 -53.1 219 38 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14084 -57.3 -77.7 6 20.4 -57.5 228 18 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16597 -65.1 -83.2 7 18.1 -65.3 267 6 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.54 m Freezing level: 635.78 mb = 3944.89 m = 12942.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.88 mb = 3739.41 m = 12268.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.83 mb = 3518.93 m = 11544.89 ft T: 2.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.30 mb = 3610.58 m = 11845.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.42 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5939.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.62 mb = 3485.16 m = 11434.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.3 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 217.3 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 6.13 m/s