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: 44.8,-92.7 Latitude: 44.80 Longitude: -92.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 978 302 25.7 17.1 59 8.6 19.8 184 5 300.7 303.1 293.8 337.8 12.63 2 950 552 22.8 15.0 62 7.7 17.7 189 7 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.7 11.38 3 900 1020 18.4 13.9 75 4.5 15.5 200 6 300.5 302.5 292.6 333.3 11.17 4 850 1509 17.5 8.4 55 9.1 12.0 300 6 304.5 306.0 291.4 329.0 8.15 5 800 2026 14.9 5.7 54 9.2 9.5 327 11 307.0 308.4 291.4 329.0 7.20 6 750 2568 10.9 3.0 58 7.9 6.5 323 14 308.4 309.6 291.1 327.9 6.35 7 700 3139 6.2 1.0 70 5.1 3.4 318 17 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.6 5.90 8 650 3742 1.3 -1.1 84 2.4 0.1 303 18 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.3 5.44 9 600 4382 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.5 -3.6 297 20 312.8 313.6 290.9 327.3 4.59 10 550 5066 -7.1 -8.1 93 0.9 -7.5 297 23 315.6 316.4 291.1 327.8 3.79 11 500 5804 -11.3 -12.1 94 0.7 -11.6 299 26 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.2 3.03 12 450 6604 -16.5 -17.2 94 0.7 -16.7 298 27 322.5 322.9 291.7 329.9 2.21 13 400 7479 -22.8 -23.8 92 1.0 -23.0 292 30 325.4 325.7 291.8 330.3 1.40 14 350 8444 -30.2 -31.1 92 0.9 -30.3 298 30 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.0 0.82 15 300 9521 -39.1 -41.6 77 2.5 -39.3 300 37 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.33 16 250 10741 -49.9 -52.7 73 2.8 -50.0 301 41 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 17 200 12159 -60.7 -62.5 79 1.9 -60.7 325 59 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 18 150 13956 -57.0 -80.3 4 23.3 -57.3 310 32 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16514 -59.0 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.3 303 22 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.48 m Freezing level: 634.73 mb = 3937.00 m = 12916.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.94 mb = 3754.65 m = 12318.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.53 mb = 1384.05 m = 4540.79 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 8.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.64 mb = 2494.02 m = 8182.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.97 mb = 1590.22 m = 5217.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.97 mb = 3411.11 m = 11191.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.97 mb = 11354.94 m = 37253.28 ft B at Equ Level: 459.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.97 mb = 13286.61 m = 43590.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.34 Bulk Shear: 49.69 m/s