MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 52.86,-90.31 Latitude: 52.86 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 980 307 1.0 -0.5 90 1.5 0.4 295 3 275.8 276.4 274.6 286.1 3.77 2 950 556 2.5 -1.4 75 3.9 0.9 317 10 279.8 280.4 276.6 289.9 3.63 3 900 992 0.6 -2.9 77 3.5 -0.9 333 13 282.1 282.7 277.5 291.7 3.41 4 850 1448 -2.3 -5.6 78 3.3 -3.6 343 15 283.7 284.2 277.7 292.2 2.96 5 800 1928 -3.5 -13.0 48 9.4 -6.5 345 16 287.4 287.7 278.0 292.6 1.76 6 750 2437 -4.6 -20.1 29 15.5 -8.7 336 15 291.6 291.8 279.0 294.8 1.03 7 700 2978 -6.6 -25.4 21 18.8 -11.0 322 15 295.1 295.2 280.1 297.3 0.69 8 650 3553 -9.6 -30.9 16 21.3 -13.7 312 17 298.1 298.2 281.1 299.6 0.45 9 600 4167 -13.1 -36.7 12 23.6 -16.8 307 19 301.0 301.1 282.1 302.0 0.28 10 550 4824 -17.6 -21.4 72 3.8 -18.5 302 22 303.2 303.4 284.3 307.3 1.25 11 500 5530 -22.6 -29.3 54 6.7 -23.7 296 23 305.5 305.6 284.5 307.7 0.68 12 450 6296 -26.7 -43.2 20 16.4 -28.4 296 29 309.6 309.7 285.4 310.3 0.19 13 400 7140 -30.3 -49.9 13 19.6 -31.8 299 41 315.6 315.6 287.4 316.0 0.10 14 350 8074 -38.3 -45.5 47 7.2 -38.8 292 42 317.1 317.2 288.1 317.8 0.19 15 300 9113 -47.5 -49.2 82 1.7 -47.6 286 44 318.4 318.5 288.4 319.0 0.14 16 250 10297 -53.4 -58.9 51 5.5 -53.5 281 41 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.05 17 200 11740 -50.2 -73.5 5 23.3 -50.7 280 39 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 13626 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 279 33 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16285 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.4 279 24 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5387.60 m Freezing level: 890.39 mb = 1079.64 m = 3542.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 924.44 mb = 775.89 m = 2545.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.43 % Est. max temperature: 10.36 C = 50.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.88 mb = 497.63 m = 1632.64 ft T: 2.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 979.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2614.67 m = 8578.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.90 C = 64.23 F Cap Strength: 12.51 C Lifted Index: 13.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.83 C Showalter Index: 12.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: -4.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18702.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.78 mb = 1164.24 m = 3819.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.4 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 343.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -3.8 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 11.21 m/s