MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.72,-91.38 Latitude: 44.72 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 987 309 23.1 12.0 50 11.1 16.1 154 5 297.3 299.0 289.8 323.4 8.95 2 950 635 18.7 9.9 57 8.7 13.4 155 6 296.1 297.6 288.6 319.6 8.08 3 900 1095 14.2 8.9 70 5.3 11.1 157 6 296.2 297.6 288.5 319.3 7.98 4 850 1575 10.7 6.8 77 3.9 8.5 165 7 297.3 298.7 288.3 318.7 7.31 5 800 2079 8.7 -0.2 54 8.9 4.2 158 7 300.4 301.3 286.9 314.6 4.71 6 750 2610 6.0 -8.3 35 14.4 -0.0 148 6 303.1 303.6 285.9 311.5 2.71 7 700 3171 2.8 -9.1 41 11.9 -2.1 145 7 305.6 306.1 286.8 314.2 2.74 8 650 3767 -0.4 -10.9 45 10.5 -4.6 160 7 308.5 309.0 287.6 316.6 2.55 9 600 4403 -3.6 -20.0 27 16.4 -8.7 157 7 312.0 312.2 287.5 316.3 1.30 10 550 5085 -7.8 -21.2 33 13.4 -11.8 145 7 314.8 315.1 288.5 319.1 1.27 11 500 5819 -13.1 -21.4 50 8.3 -15.4 126 3 317.1 317.3 289.3 321.8 1.38 12 450 6613 -18.1 -35.0 21 17.0 -21.1 328 1 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.43 13 400 7482 -24.3 -40.3 21 16.0 -26.5 340 6 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.28 14 350 8439 -32.6 -34.6 82 2.0 -32.9 312 8 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.58 15 300 9505 -41.5 -42.5 90 1.0 -41.5 318 9 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.30 16 250 10716 -50.1 -56.7 46 6.6 -50.4 19 7 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 17 200 12150 -55.8 -65.3 29 9.6 -55.9 359 9 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 13980 -56.8 -78.9 4 22.1 -57.1 343 14 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16539 -58.2 -84.4 2 26.2 -58.5 3 7 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.70 m Freezing level: 656.44 mb = 3690.63 m = 12108.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.45 mb = 2605.00 m = 8546.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.60 % Est. max temperature: 23.86 C = 74.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.09 mb = 1692.37 m = 5552.34 ft T: 10.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.88 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.60 mb = 2429.82 m = 7971.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 18.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8277.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.14 mb = 1741.62 m = 5713.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.9 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 181.9 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 68.28 Bulk Shear: 0.05 m/s