MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 47.81,-94.9 Latitude: 47.81 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 961 386 17.2 15.9 92 1.3 16.4 294 13 293.8 295.9 291.1 327.8 11.92 2 950 480 17.7 16.0 90 1.6 16.6 297 19 295.1 297.3 291.7 330.0 12.14 3 900 943 18.0 14.6 80 3.4 15.8 309 19 300.1 302.2 292.9 334.4 11.69 4 850 1434 18.4 10.9 62 7.5 13.6 300 11 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.5 9.68 5 800 1954 17.9 7.8 52 10.0 11.7 290 14 310.2 311.8 293.3 335.9 8.35 6 750 2503 13.8 3.5 49 10.4 7.9 284 20 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.0 6.55 7 700 3080 9.9 -2.3 42 12.1 3.6 270 24 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.0 4.62 8 650 3690 5.3 -8.9 35 14.2 -1.0 273 32 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.6 3.00 9 600 4338 0.1 -11.0 43 11.1 -4.5 273 36 316.2 316.8 290.3 325.2 2.74 10 550 5028 -5.5 -12.6 58 7.0 -8.2 269 37 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.2 2.65 11 500 5768 -10.6 -18.9 50 8.3 -13.3 256 36 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.9 1.71 12 450 6569 -16.6 -24.6 50 8.0 -18.6 253 41 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.16 13 400 7443 -23.1 -26.9 71 3.8 -23.9 262 48 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.7 1.06 14 350 8407 -29.6 -33.5 69 3.9 -30.2 251 45 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.2 0.65 15 300 9491 -37.1 -41.3 65 4.2 -37.5 241 49 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.34 16 250 10722 -47.9 -49.7 81 1.8 -48.0 241 52 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.16 17 200 12151 -60.2 -61.4 85 1.2 -60.2 239 54 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13947 -58.3 -76.7 8 18.4 -58.5 249 44 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16486 -59.6 -83.7 3 24.1 -59.9 273 30 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.79 m Freezing level: 599.16 mb = 4349.48 m = 14269.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.18 mb = 3550.02 m = 11646.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.00 mb = 552.29 m = 1811.96 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.52 mb = 2943.48 m = 9656.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.24 C = 97.23 F Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.56 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 27.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 534.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.15 mb = 1292.23 m = 4239.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.15 mb = 5039.54 m = 16533.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.15 mb = 8628.40 m = 28308.07 ft B at Equ Level: 168.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.15 mb = 11279.70 m = 37006.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.35 Bulk Shear: 26.48 m/s