MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 45.66,-95.08 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 960 396 25.6 20.6 74 4.9 22.1 144 13 302.2 305.2 296.6 350.0 16.16 2 950 485 25.7 20.0 71 5.6 21.6 146 20 303.2 306.1 296.6 349.8 15.70 3 900 959 22.4 17.9 76 4.5 19.3 164 27 304.6 307.3 296.2 347.9 14.52 4 850 1456 20.4 14.4 69 6.0 16.4 198 32 307.5 309.8 295.4 344.5 12.25 5 800 1978 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 13.9 218 37 309.3 311.4 295.2 343.7 11.30 6 750 2526 12.8 10.1 84 2.7 11.1 233 37 310.5 312.5 294.9 342.4 10.44 7 700 3104 11.5 -4.0 33 15.6 3.7 244 28 315.2 316.0 291.2 328.2 4.05 8 650 3718 6.8 -10.1 29 16.8 -0.6 252 26 316.6 317.1 290.5 325.6 2.73 9 600 4368 1.1 -10.4 42 11.5 -3.8 261 34 317.4 318.0 290.8 326.8 2.88 10 550 5060 -4.9 -14.9 45 10.0 -8.5 263 35 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.6 2.19 11 500 5802 -9.5 -25.2 27 15.7 -13.7 263 30 321.5 321.6 290.2 324.9 0.99 12 450 6608 -14.9 -34.7 17 19.7 -18.8 263 29 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.45 13 400 7487 -21.3 -39.4 18 18.2 -24.0 262 33 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.31 14 350 8458 -28.5 -46.3 17 17.7 -30.4 259 38 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.17 15 300 9544 -36.6 -49.3 26 12.7 -37.5 261 33 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 16 250 10779 -46.5 -56.6 31 10.1 -46.9 263 36 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12223 -56.8 -63.3 44 6.5 -56.9 272 48 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 14026 -58.5 -77.3 7 18.8 -58.7 275 47 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16546 -62.4 -83.3 4 20.9 -62.7 269 30 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.22 m Freezing level: 590.71 mb = 4496.67 m = 14752.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.30 mb = 3625.45 m = 11894.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.51 mb = 1022.26 m = 3353.83 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.64 mb = 2131.56 m = 6993.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.87 C = 91.17 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2009.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.71 mb = 1520.10 m = 4987.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.71 mb = 3607.77 m = 11836.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.71 mb = 12587.46 m = 41296.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2006.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.71 mb = 16027.08 m = 52581.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.1 neg: -7.3 tot: 452.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.64 Bulk Rich Number: 11.45 Bulk Shear: 175.54 m/s