MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 44.51,-91.46 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 979 300 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 156 5 289.4 291.3 288.3 318.7 10.44 2 950 555 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.7 200 20 292.7 294.6 289.8 323.5 10.85 3 900 1016 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.1 246 23 298.8 300.9 292.3 332.2 11.43 4 850 1505 17.3 10.3 64 6.9 12.9 269 21 304.2 306.0 292.3 332.1 9.32 5 800 2020 13.7 6.7 62 7.0 9.5 273 19 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.0 7.70 6 750 2560 9.8 3.6 65 6.2 6.3 276 20 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.3 6.60 7 700 3130 6.1 0.4 67 5.7 3.1 282 22 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.7 5.64 8 650 3733 1.6 -2.9 72 4.5 -0.6 288 24 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.7 4.76 9 600 4373 -2.9 -8.0 68 5.1 -5.1 282 25 312.7 313.4 289.9 323.8 3.48 10 550 5057 -7.0 -12.7 64 5.7 -9.2 272 22 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.3 2.61 11 500 5794 -11.8 -16.5 68 4.7 -13.4 283 26 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.6 2.10 12 450 6591 -18.0 -20.9 77 3.0 -18.8 282 26 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.1 1.60 13 400 7461 -24.3 -27.7 73 3.4 -24.9 281 26 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.98 14 350 8420 -31.5 -32.8 88 1.3 -31.7 284 26 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.69 15 300 9492 -39.1 -39.8 93 0.7 -39.2 275 22 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.40 16 250 10719 -48.0 -51.1 70 3.1 -48.1 274 34 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 17 200 12170 -53.4 -66.6 18 13.2 -53.7 281 49 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14007 -56.8 -77.7 5 20.9 -57.1 279 44 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16553 -59.8 -84.2 3 24.5 -60.0 267 27 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.40 m Freezing level: 632.19 mb = 3960.83 m = 12994.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.79 mb = 3635.94 m = 11928.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.15 mb = 341.89 m = 1121.66 ft T: 14.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.31 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 978.93 mb = 300.31 m = 985.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.94 C = 58.90 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6887.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.80 mb = 989.17 m = 3245.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 225.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 65.68 m/s