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: 44.51,-92.57 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 978 301 23.3 18.4 74 4.8 19.9 283 2 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.4 13.78 2 950 554 23.3 15.7 62 7.6 18.2 279 4 300.9 303.1 293.3 335.9 11.91 3 900 1023 19.1 14.5 75 4.6 16.1 289 7 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.3 11.61 4 850 1512 16.0 10.6 70 5.4 12.6 309 11 302.9 304.7 292.0 331.2 9.50 5 800 2026 13.5 8.1 70 5.3 10.2 320 13 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.1 8.51 6 750 2566 9.7 4.8 71 5.0 6.9 314 10 307.1 308.5 291.5 329.0 7.19 7 700 3136 5.4 1.2 74 4.2 3.2 310 10 308.5 309.6 290.8 326.9 5.97 8 650 3737 1.0 -0.5 90 1.5 0.2 283 16 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.7 5.68 9 600 4376 -3.1 -3.8 95 0.7 -3.4 284 21 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.7 4.81 10 550 5060 -7.3 -8.5 91 1.2 -7.8 285 25 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.66 11 500 5797 -12.3 -13.8 89 1.5 -12.9 277 23 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.6 2.62 12 450 6596 -16.3 -16.6 97 0.3 -16.4 281 35 322.8 323.2 291.9 330.6 2.32 13 400 7474 -21.4 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 298 46 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.2 1.73 14 350 8443 -29.3 -29.3 100 -0.0 -29.3 303 42 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9523 -38.2 -38.2 100 -0.0 -38.2 311 47 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.47 16 250 10747 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 310 55 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.5 0.17 17 200 12168 -61.3 -61.4 98 0.2 -61.3 309 60 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 150 13967 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.5 -57.0 302 35 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16521 -58.8 -84.5 2 25.6 -59.2 310 29 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.61 m Freezing level: 637.86 mb = 3892.01 m = 12768.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.31 mb = 3769.92 m = 12368.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.26 mb = 915.08 m = 3002.19 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.48 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2099.72 m = 6888.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.10 mb = 1501.01 m = 4924.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.10 mb = 2833.54 m = 9296.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.10 mb = 12290.97 m = 40324.21 ft B at Equ Level: 673.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.10 mb = 13718.16 m = 45006.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 38.96 Bulk Shear: 17.97 m/s