MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 44.94,-93.89 Latitude: 44.94 Longitude: -93.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 973 299 27.4 20.5 66 6.9 22.5 312 9 302.9 305.8 296.5 349.6 15.78 2 950 512 25.2 17.5 63 7.6 19.9 314 14 302.7 305.2 294.9 342.3 13.39 3 900 984 21.0 16.6 76 4.3 18.0 310 11 303.1 305.6 295.0 342.6 13.34 4 850 1478 18.2 16.0 87 2.2 16.7 231 10 305.2 307.8 295.7 345.9 13.59 5 800 1997 15.5 13.8 89 1.7 14.4 210 20 307.7 310.0 295.6 345.4 12.47 6 750 2544 14.9 7.2 60 7.7 10.1 227 31 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.1 8.50 7 700 3126 11.7 3.2 56 8.5 6.8 243 36 315.4 316.7 293.6 337.1 6.90 8 650 3741 6.7 -0.7 59 7.4 2.7 250 35 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.3 5.60 9 600 4392 1.4 -5.3 61 6.7 -1.9 257 33 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.6 4.30 10 550 5085 -4.4 -10.2 64 5.8 -6.8 262 34 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.4 3.21 11 500 5827 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.6 264 35 319.8 320.4 291.5 329.2 2.84 12 450 6629 -16.3 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.8 254 37 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.8 2.06 13 400 7504 -22.2 -22.8 95 0.6 -22.4 258 41 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.4 1.52 14 350 8473 -28.6 -29.1 96 0.5 -28.7 268 44 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.99 15 300 9559 -36.5 -37.1 94 0.6 -36.6 262 43 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.53 16 250 10794 -46.9 -47.4 95 0.5 -46.9 263 47 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.21 17 200 12234 -57.8 -58.6 90 0.8 -57.8 264 51 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14004 -63.0 -72.8 25 9.8 -63.1 262 48 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16530 -61.7 -83.6 4 21.9 -61.9 245 24 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.79 m Freezing level: 588.01 mb = 4558.11 m = 14954.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.30 mb = 4121.12 m = 13520.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.69 mb = 1171.69 m = 3844.06 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 16.66 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.62 mb = 2741.72 m = 8995.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.52 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.87 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1403.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.13 mb = 1486.81 m = 4877.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.13 mb = 4070.97 m = 13356.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.13 mb = 12417.57 m = 40739.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1403.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.13 mb = 15183.50 m = 49814.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.2 neg: -12.8 tot: 224.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 18.38 Bulk Shear: 76.40 m/s