MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 45.14,-89.13 Latitude: 45.14 Longitude: -89.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 962 424 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 137 7 293.6 295.9 291.7 330.0 12.77 2 950 531 16.6 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 144 12 294.0 296.2 291.6 329.7 12.50 3 900 991 15.1 14.2 95 0.9 14.6 194 17 297.0 299.1 291.7 330.1 11.40 4 850 1476 14.8 11.0 78 3.8 12.4 207 26 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.4 9.73 5 800 1988 12.0 8.5 79 3.5 9.9 206 37 303.9 305.6 291.7 330.1 8.76 6 750 2526 8.1 6.7 91 1.4 7.3 213 41 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.1 8.22 7 700 3092 4.1 4.0 99 0.2 4.0 216 45 307.1 308.4 291.5 329.2 7.28 8 650 3692 0.4 -0.1 96 0.6 0.1 212 46 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.5 5.84 9 600 4331 -2.4 -3.1 95 0.7 -2.7 210 44 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.4 5.07 10 550 5019 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 219 43 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.6 4.36 11 500 5762 -9.2 -10.2 93 1.0 -9.6 218 41 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.5 3.53 12 450 6570 -14.0 -14.4 97 0.4 -14.2 223 44 325.7 326.2 293.1 335.1 2.79 13 400 7455 -19.6 -20.9 89 1.3 -20.0 227 43 329.5 329.8 293.3 335.8 1.80 14 350 8433 -26.7 -27.2 96 0.5 -26.8 233 46 332.7 333.0 293.6 337.0 1.18 15 300 9527 -35.2 -35.6 96 0.4 -35.3 235 46 335.7 335.8 293.8 338.0 0.61 16 250 10768 -46.0 -47.1 88 1.1 -46.0 240 49 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.22 17 200 12211 -58.0 -58.1 99 0.1 -58.0 255 58 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.07 18 150 13996 -63.8 -72.2 31 8.5 -63.8 231 44 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16513 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.7 -60.5 262 28 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.56 m Freezing level: 642.06 mb = 3793.29 m = 12445.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.61 mb = 3721.19 m = 12208.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.62 mb = 444.73 m = 1459.08 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1808.61 m = 5933.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 2.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.18 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.51 mb = 1014.49 m = 3328.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.51 mb = 3062.80 m = 10048.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 602.51 mb = 4297.78 m = 14100.15 ft B at Equ Level: 42.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 512.51 mb = 5569.37 m = 18271.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 240.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 123.49 m/s