MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 44.64,-92.8 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 980 297 24.5 16.0 59 8.4 18.8 169 5 299.3 301.5 292.7 333.7 11.78 2 950 567 20.6 14.1 66 6.6 16.4 177 7 298.1 300.1 291.5 329.2 10.68 3 900 1031 16.8 12.6 76 4.2 14.1 194 6 298.8 300.7 291.4 328.8 10.27 4 850 1520 16.4 7.1 54 9.3 10.9 287 4 303.3 304.7 290.5 325.7 7.48 5 800 2033 14.1 4.8 53 9.3 8.8 336 9 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.8 6.77 6 750 2575 10.5 3.2 61 7.3 6.4 347 13 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.7 6.44 7 700 3146 6.2 0.7 68 5.5 3.3 344 16 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.2 5.76 8 650 3749 1.9 -2.4 73 4.3 -0.3 340 17 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.5 4.92 9 600 4390 -2.6 -6.7 74 4.1 -4.4 326 16 313.1 313.9 290.4 325.4 3.87 10 550 5074 -7.5 -9.7 84 2.2 -8.4 313 20 315.2 315.8 290.6 326.0 3.34 11 500 5811 -11.4 -14.5 78 3.1 -12.5 315 22 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.49 12 450 6611 -16.7 -18.2 88 1.5 -17.2 313 27 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.1 2.02 13 400 7485 -22.9 -24.9 83 2.1 -23.4 315 30 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.7 1.26 14 350 8449 -30.3 -35.0 64 4.7 -31.0 323 35 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.9 0.56 15 300 9525 -39.5 -45.3 54 5.7 -39.9 329 43 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 16 250 10742 -50.3 -53.7 68 3.3 -50.4 325 49 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 17 200 12158 -62.1 -62.4 96 0.3 -62.1 328 45 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.04 18 150 13957 -56.4 -80.3 3 23.9 -56.7 310 29 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16516 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.8 -59.9 310 18 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.07 m Freezing level: 629.13 mb = 4016.27 m = 13176.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.82 mb = 3701.08 m = 12142.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.19 mb = 1358.37 m = 4456.53 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.29 mb = 2616.18 m = 8583.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.15 C = 91.68 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 29.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 281.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.94 mb = 1510.08 m = 4954.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.94 mb = 4576.08 m = 15013.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.94 mb = 5872.69 m = 19267.11 ft B at Equ Level: 24.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 375.94 mb = 7932.91 m = 26026.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 353.5 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 51.56 m/s