MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 45.66,-95.48 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 387 29.6 19.8 56 9.7 22.6 166 18 306.4 309.2 297.2 352.5 15.36 2 950 467 28.2 18.4 56 9.7 21.3 168 25 305.8 308.4 296.3 348.3 14.19 3 900 944 23.3 16.5 66 6.8 18.7 175 34 305.5 308.0 295.6 345.2 13.25 4 850 1440 18.8 14.8 78 4.0 16.1 182 39 305.8 308.1 295.1 343.4 12.54 5 800 1957 14.4 12.8 90 1.6 13.4 189 43 306.5 308.7 294.7 341.8 11.72 6 750 2503 13.6 7.8 68 5.9 10.0 202 42 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.7 8.87 7 700 3081 9.6 5.9 78 3.7 7.3 213 38 313.1 314.7 294.0 338.9 8.33 8 650 3693 5.4 1.4 75 4.0 3.2 216 25 315.1 316.3 293.2 335.6 6.52 9 600 4343 1.0 -2.5 77 3.5 -0.8 223 17 317.2 318.3 292.9 334.2 5.29 10 550 5036 -3.7 -11.9 53 8.2 -7.0 219 14 319.7 320.2 291.4 328.9 2.79 11 500 5782 -8.9 -18.6 45 9.7 -12.1 230 19 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.3 1.77 12 450 6589 -14.7 -20.7 60 6.0 -16.5 231 23 324.7 325.0 291.8 330.3 1.63 13 400 7469 -21.3 -27.3 59 6.0 -22.7 216 28 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.0 1.02 14 350 8440 -28.0 -36.7 43 8.7 -29.3 224 26 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.8 0.47 15 300 9527 -36.8 -44.9 43 8.1 -37.5 214 28 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.23 16 250 10761 -46.8 -49.0 78 2.2 -47.0 225 23 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.18 17 200 12201 -57.6 -59.5 78 1.9 -57.6 231 34 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 14003 -59.2 -76.9 8 17.7 -59.4 226 26 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16543 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.7 -60.6 214 19 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.10 m Freezing level: 589.58 mb = 4487.08 m = 14721.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4207.74 m = 13804.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.56 mb = 1616.67 m = 5303.96 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.52 mb = 1877.46 m = 6159.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1682.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.37 mb = 1784.42 m = 5854.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.37 mb = 3183.71 m = 10445.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.37 mb = 12813.38 m = 42038.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1638.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.37 mb = 15330.03 m = 50294.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.2 neg: -8.5 tot: 287.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 53.23 Bulk Shear: 31.60 m/s