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: 44.95,-93.82 Latitude: 44.95 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 298 27.4 20.4 66 7.0 22.3 311 9 302.8 305.7 296.4 349.2 15.66 2 950 512 25.2 17.5 62 7.7 19.9 312 14 302.8 305.2 294.9 342.4 13.40 3 900 984 21.0 16.7 76 4.3 18.1 308 11 303.2 305.7 295.0 343.0 13.43 4 850 1478 18.3 16.1 87 2.1 16.8 229 10 305.3 307.8 295.8 346.1 13.67 5 800 1997 15.4 14.0 91 1.5 14.4 209 19 307.6 310.0 295.7 345.7 12.63 6 750 2544 14.9 6.8 58 8.1 9.9 226 30 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.5 8.29 7 700 3126 11.7 3.4 57 8.3 6.9 242 36 315.4 316.7 293.7 337.4 7.00 8 650 3740 6.7 -0.4 60 7.1 2.8 251 35 316.5 317.6 293.0 334.7 5.70 9 600 4392 1.4 -5.2 61 6.6 -1.8 257 33 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.33 10 550 5085 -4.4 -10.4 63 6.0 -6.9 263 33 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.2 3.14 11 500 5827 -10.9 -13.1 84 2.2 -11.7 264 35 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.80 12 450 6629 -16.2 -18.4 83 2.2 -16.9 253 37 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.7 1.99 13 400 7504 -22.2 -23.0 93 0.8 -22.4 258 41 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.3 1.50 14 350 8473 -28.6 -29.2 95 0.6 -28.7 268 44 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.97 15 300 9559 -36.5 -37.4 92 0.9 -36.6 262 42 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.8 0.51 16 250 10794 -46.9 -47.6 93 0.6 -47.0 263 47 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21 17 200 12234 -57.8 -58.6 91 0.8 -57.9 265 52 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14004 -62.8 -72.9 24 10.1 -62.9 262 48 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 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: 5764.98 m Freezing level: 588.09 mb = 4557.06 m = 14950.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.41 mb = 4132.79 m = 13558.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.51 mb = 1183.28 m = 3882.09 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.08 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.62 mb = 2741.55 m = 8994.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.13 C = 100.64 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.96 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1441.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.12 mb = 1486.96 m = 4878.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.12 mb = 4071.12 m = 13356.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.12 mb = 12743.09 m = 41807.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1408.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.12 mb = 15184.02 m = 49815.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.3 neg: -13.0 tot: 225.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 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: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 19.70 Bulk Shear: 73.16 m/s