MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 45.48,-93.49 Latitude: 45.48 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 977 295 31.8 17.9 43 14.0 22.1 193 15 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.1 13.31 2 950 542 28.4 16.7 49 11.7 20.3 196 25 306.0 308.4 295.3 344.1 12.69 3 900 1019 23.8 15.7 60 8.2 18.2 198 26 306.1 308.4 295.2 343.7 12.53 4 850 1516 19.2 14.5 74 4.7 16.1 202 25 306.3 308.6 295.1 343.3 12.31 5 800 2036 17.6 7.3 51 10.3 11.3 215 27 309.9 311.5 293.0 334.7 8.05 6 750 2584 13.5 6.2 61 7.3 9.1 225 22 311.2 312.7 293.3 335.7 7.95 7 700 3161 9.0 3.5 69 5.4 5.9 236 18 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.4 7.07 8 650 3770 4.1 -0.7 71 4.8 1.5 258 16 313.6 314.6 292.0 331.2 5.60 9 600 4415 -1.2 -5.4 73 4.2 -3.2 273 15 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.3 4.25 10 550 5103 -5.5 -10.3 69 4.8 -7.5 274 13 317.6 318.2 291.2 328.0 3.17 11 500 5846 -8.9 -28.9 18 20.0 -13.9 273 15 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.70 12 450 6653 -14.5 -37.7 12 23.2 -18.7 268 16 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.33 13 400 7533 -21.5 -40.8 16 19.3 -24.3 268 14 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.27 14 350 8501 -29.3 -44.7 21 15.4 -30.9 268 17 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.20 15 300 9582 -38.0 -46.3 41 8.3 -38.7 275 20 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.20 16 250 10810 -47.8 -51.6 65 3.7 -48.0 279 23 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12241 -59.5 -62.3 70 2.8 -59.6 280 25 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04 18 150 14025 -60.9 -74.7 15 13.8 -61.1 260 28 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16543 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.5 273 21 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.67 m Freezing level: 611.43 mb = 4267.56 m = 14001.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.74 mb = 3973.91 m = 13037.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.39 mb = 2052.77 m = 6734.74 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2658.19 m = 8720.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.15 C = 97.08 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1761.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.32 mb = 2042.83 m = 6702.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.32 mb = 3227.70 m = 10589.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.32 mb = 12747.42 m = 41821.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1744.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.32 mb = 15711.91 m = 51547.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 90.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 66.82 Bulk Shear: 26.36 m/s