MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 45.16,-93.28 Latitude: 45.16 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 981 284 19.8 6.9 43 12.9 12.5 211 3 294.6 295.7 286.4 313.1 6.38 2 950 560 15.3 5.0 50 10.3 9.7 219 4 292.7 293.7 285.1 309.4 5.75 3 900 1014 10.8 3.8 62 7.0 7.2 234 4 292.7 293.7 284.9 308.8 5.59 4 850 1487 6.5 2.2 74 4.3 4.3 256 4 292.9 293.9 284.7 308.2 5.28 5 800 1982 4.2 -6.9 44 11.1 -0.4 306 10 295.6 296.1 283.1 304.1 2.84 6 750 2505 2.0 -10.8 38 12.8 -2.9 309 17 298.7 299.1 283.6 305.6 2.23 7 700 3058 -0.8 -3.7 81 2.9 -2.1 319 24 301.6 302.4 286.8 314.2 4.16 8 650 3647 -3.1 -5.7 82 2.6 -4.3 317 25 305.4 306.1 287.9 317.3 3.85 9 600 4278 -6.0 -9.4 77 3.4 -7.4 309 30 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.1 3.14 10 550 4955 -9.4 -14.8 65 5.4 -11.3 312 39 312.9 313.3 288.8 320.1 2.20 11 500 5687 -12.6 -26.6 30 14.0 -16.0 317 45 317.6 317.8 288.9 320.6 0.87 12 450 6486 -15.4 -45.2 6 29.8 -19.7 324 54 323.8 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.15 13 400 7365 -21.2 -38.3 20 17.2 -23.9 333 57 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 14 350 8335 -29.1 -37.7 43 8.7 -30.3 332 65 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.42 15 300 9418 -37.2 -43.3 53 6.1 -37.8 328 71 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.28 16 250 10650 -47.2 -50.8 66 3.6 -47.4 327 72 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.14 17 200 12091 -56.9 -58.5 82 1.6 -57.0 325 72 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.07 18 150 13902 -59.2 -75.7 10 16.5 -59.4 325 42 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16437 -59.4 -84.8 2 25.4 -59.7 315 32 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.75 m Freezing level: 714.28 mb = 2900.04 m = 9514.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.14 mb = 1939.73 m = 6363.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.11 % Est. max temperature: 19.18 C = 66.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.89 mb = 1881.59 m = 6173.12 ft T: 4.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.21 mb = 2599.15 m = 8527.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lifted Index: 9.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: 10.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.11 C Cross Totals Index: 14.84 C K Index: 18.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12291.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.63 mb = 1874.13 m = 6148.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.6 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 342.6 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 79.49 m/s