MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 44.48,-93.23 Latitude: 44.48 Longitude: -93.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 977 309 27.0 16.9 54 10.1 20.1 176 4 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.1 12.49 2 950 551 24.1 15.0 57 9.1 18.0 182 5 301.6 303.7 293.0 335.0 11.33 3 900 1021 19.6 14.0 70 5.6 15.9 189 5 301.7 303.7 293.0 334.7 11.20 4 850 1511 18.0 8.2 53 9.8 12.0 326 4 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.3 8.07 5 800 2028 14.9 6.9 59 8.0 10.1 343 10 307.0 308.5 291.9 330.8 7.81 6 750 2571 10.8 4.2 64 6.6 7.0 337 9 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.4 6.90 7 700 3142 6.8 0.6 65 6.2 3.5 324 12 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.7 5.71 8 650 3747 2.5 -2.9 68 5.3 -0.2 307 16 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.7 4.76 9 600 4388 -2.5 -4.8 85 2.2 -3.6 300 25 313.2 314.0 291.0 327.4 4.48 10 550 5073 -7.0 -8.7 88 1.7 -7.7 307 32 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.5 3.61 11 500 5812 -11.3 -13.0 88 1.6 -11.9 304 27 319.2 319.8 291.3 328.5 2.82 12 450 6613 -16.4 -19.0 80 2.6 -17.1 296 25 322.7 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.89 13 400 7488 -22.6 -27.0 67 4.4 -23.5 293 30 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.05 14 350 8453 -30.0 -32.2 81 2.2 -30.3 303 31 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.0 0.73 15 300 9532 -38.7 -41.8 72 3.1 -38.9 307 45 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10753 -49.8 -52.7 71 2.9 -49.9 309 48 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.12 17 200 12172 -60.9 -62.5 81 1.6 -60.9 321 57 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 18 150 13965 -57.5 -80.4 4 22.9 -57.8 316 32 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16520 -59.3 -84.5 2 25.2 -59.6 306 25 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.88 m Freezing level: 625.34 mb = 4063.15 m = 13330.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.15 mb = 3719.71 m = 12203.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.73 mb = 1584.61 m = 5198.79 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.84 mb = 2494.39 m = 8183.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.10 mb = 1754.50 m = 5756.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.10 mb = 3608.55 m = 11838.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.10 mb = 11829.08 m = 38808.85 ft B at Equ Level: 580.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.10 mb = 13520.36 m = 44357.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.08 Bulk Shear: 52.90 m/s