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: 46.47,-92.64 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 972 346 23.1 19.5 80 3.5 20.6 256 5 298.6 301.3 294.8 341.9 14.86 2 950 545 23.2 15.7 63 7.5 18.2 262 12 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.6 11.88 3 900 1014 19.0 14.4 75 4.6 16.0 269 16 301.1 303.2 293.1 335.0 11.53 4 850 1503 14.8 12.9 88 1.9 13.6 274 19 301.6 303.7 292.9 334.3 11.07 5 800 2014 11.3 10.9 97 0.4 11.0 279 23 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.8 10.30 6 750 2551 8.3 7.6 95 0.7 7.9 287 30 305.6 307.2 292.3 332.0 8.77 7 700 3119 5.0 3.1 87 2.0 3.9 296 37 308.0 309.3 291.4 328.9 6.83 8 650 3720 1.2 -0.7 88 1.8 0.2 297 35 310.3 311.3 291.0 327.7 5.62 9 600 4360 -3.2 -6.0 80 2.9 -4.5 293 28 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.3 4.06 10 550 5043 -7.8 -12.4 69 4.6 -9.6 296 25 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.5 2.68 11 500 5778 -12.2 -18.2 61 6.0 -14.1 298 26 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.3 1.82 12 450 6575 -17.6 -19.7 83 2.1 -18.2 305 26 321.1 321.5 290.9 327.2 1.78 13 400 7448 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 297 34 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.8 1.54 14 350 8412 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 283 42 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.89 15 300 9489 -39.1 -39.5 96 0.4 -39.2 283 48 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.41 16 250 10709 -50.1 -50.4 96 0.3 -50.1 293 55 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.15 17 200 12126 -61.3 -62.1 89 0.9 -61.3 300 64 335.7 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 18 150 13928 -56.0 -78.9 4 22.9 -56.3 299 35 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.01 19 100 16499 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 288 17 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.62 m Freezing level: 636.58 mb = 3892.08 m = 12769.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.91 mb = 3746.14 m = 12290.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.03 mb = 795.05 m = 2608.40 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1643.37 m = 5391.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.05 mb = 1482.12 m = 4862.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.05 mb = 1939.81 m = 6364.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.05 mb = 12218.72 m = 40087.17 ft B at Equ Level: 964.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.05 mb = 14053.70 m = 46107.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 152.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 27.09 Bulk Shear: 36.42 m/s