MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.77,-91.48 Latitude: 44.77 Longitude: -91.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 985 304 23.3 12.0 49 11.3 16.2 173 7 297.8 299.4 290.0 324.0 8.99 2 950 614 19.8 9.2 51 10.5 13.4 163 9 297.2 298.6 288.6 319.8 7.72 3 900 1076 15.4 8.3 62 7.1 11.2 157 10 297.4 298.7 288.6 319.6 7.63 4 850 1558 11.8 5.9 67 5.8 8.5 166 11 298.5 299.7 288.3 318.7 6.87 5 800 2063 8.9 5.8 81 3.2 7.2 177 12 300.7 302.0 289.4 322.1 7.24 6 750 2595 5.7 2.7 81 3.1 4.1 187 11 302.8 304.0 289.2 321.5 6.20 7 700 3157 2.5 -1.3 76 3.8 0.7 185 10 305.3 306.2 288.9 320.5 4.98 8 650 3753 -1.2 -2.4 92 1.2 -1.8 180 8 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.8 4.94 9 600 4388 -4.3 -5.0 95 0.7 -4.6 212 9 311.1 312.0 290.2 324.9 4.39 10 550 5069 -8.3 -9.7 90 1.4 -8.9 188 6 314.2 314.9 290.2 324.9 3.33 11 500 5803 -12.8 -15.4 81 2.5 -13.7 186 5 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.1 2.32 12 450 6599 -18.1 -19.0 93 0.8 -18.4 277 7 320.4 320.8 290.8 326.8 1.90 13 400 7467 -24.3 -38.9 25 14.6 -26.3 285 8 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.33 14 350 8425 -32.0 -46.6 22 14.6 -33.3 291 12 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.17 15 300 9493 -40.8 -50.6 34 9.8 -41.3 316 20 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.4 0.12 16 250 10708 -50.2 -53.2 70 3.0 -50.3 313 25 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 17 200 12142 -55.2 -65.2 28 10.0 -55.4 319 17 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.03 18 150 13977 -55.8 -79.4 4 23.7 -56.1 326 15 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16541 -58.0 -84.7 2 26.7 -58.4 302 8 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.02 m Freezing level: 666.22 mb = 3559.57 m = 11678.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.50 mb = 3313.62 m = 10871.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.38 mb = 1722.63 m = 5651.61 ft T: 10.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.31 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.45 mb = 2524.75 m = 8283.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.50 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 26.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8242.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.94 mb = 1919.34 m = 6296.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.7 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 212.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -2.3 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 0.95 m/s