MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 43.49,-93.47 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -93.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 382 23.0 19.4 80 3.6 20.5 96 3 298.9 301.6 294.8 341.9 14.78 2 950 549 23.6 17.2 67 6.4 19.2 103 3 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.6 13.10 3 900 1019 20.0 14.5 71 5.5 16.3 318 1 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.3 11.60 4 850 1511 19.0 5.3 40 13.8 11.0 345 4 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.1 6.57 5 800 2029 15.6 4.0 46 11.7 9.0 358 6 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.3 6.36 6 750 2572 11.4 2.4 54 9.0 6.4 350 5 308.9 310.1 291.0 327.6 6.06 7 700 3145 7.0 0.2 62 6.8 3.4 304 7 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.5 5.55 8 650 3750 2.8 -3.5 63 6.3 -0.2 288 12 312.2 313.0 290.7 326.6 4.56 9 600 4393 -1.7 -6.4 70 4.8 -3.8 295 19 314.2 315.0 290.8 326.8 3.94 10 550 5079 -6.4 -11.7 66 5.2 -8.5 288 21 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.7 2.85 11 500 5818 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -12.0 290 33 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.4 2.21 12 450 6625 -15.2 -16.0 94 0.8 -15.5 306 51 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.3 2.44 13 400 7504 -21.4 -23.2 86 1.7 -21.9 295 36 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.3 1.48 14 350 8473 -29.1 -32.1 75 3.0 -29.6 305 38 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.74 15 300 9554 -38.3 -41.3 74 2.9 -38.6 300 38 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 16 250 10779 -48.9 -49.0 99 0.1 -48.9 316 44 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.18 17 200 12203 -60.2 -62.3 77 2.1 -60.2 304 52 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 18 150 13997 -58.3 -79.4 5 21.2 -58.5 307 42 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16539 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.2 -61.3 314 27 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.17 m Freezing level: 618.40 mb = 4155.95 m = 13634.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.33 mb = 3707.80 m = 12164.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.61 mb = 841.01 m = 2759.17 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2472.19 m = 8110.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.96 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 15.17 C K Index: 27.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.15 mb = 1651.62 m = 5418.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.15 mb = 3367.46 m = 11047.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.15 mb = 11856.52 m = 38898.86 ft B at Equ Level: 622.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.15 mb = 13949.48 m = 45765.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -7.9 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 17.22 Bulk Shear: 36.18 m/s