MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 53.40,-95.30 Latitude: 53.40 Longitude: -95.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 983 282 2.4 2.0 97 0.4 2.2 341 12 276.9 277.7 276.2 289.1 4.49 2 950 557 0.2 0.1 100 0.1 0.1 347 27 277.4 278.0 275.9 288.5 4.05 3 900 988 -2.3 -2.5 99 0.2 -2.4 5 35 279.1 279.7 276.1 289.0 3.54 4 850 1442 -3.0 -3.4 97 0.4 -3.1 10 34 283.0 283.6 278.1 292.9 3.49 5 800 1921 -4.1 -4.6 96 0.5 -4.3 6 32 286.8 287.4 279.8 296.5 3.38 6 750 2429 -5.4 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.6 1 28 290.7 291.3 281.4 300.3 3.26 7 700 2969 -7.1 -7.5 96 0.5 -7.2 345 21 294.7 295.2 283.0 303.9 3.10 8 650 3545 -9.3 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.5 321 20 298.5 299.0 284.2 307.0 2.81 9 600 4161 -12.4 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 315 21 301.8 302.3 285.0 309.2 2.37 10 550 4821 -16.4 -20.9 68 4.5 -17.5 302 22 304.6 304.9 284.9 308.9 1.31 11 500 5531 -20.9 -43.6 11 22.7 -23.5 278 24 307.5 307.5 284.6 308.1 0.16 12 450 6301 -25.7 -51.2 7 25.5 -27.8 256 29 310.9 310.9 285.8 311.2 0.08 13 400 7145 -30.8 -55.0 7 24.2 -32.3 243 39 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.1 0.05 14 350 8081 -36.9 -57.3 10 20.4 -37.9 238 48 318.9 319.0 288.5 319.1 0.05 15 300 9132 -42.9 -60.6 13 17.7 -43.6 235 47 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.04 16 250 10346 -47.1 -66.1 10 19.0 -47.6 245 50 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 17 200 11819 -48.6 -76.3 3 27.7 -49.2 247 52 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13704 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 256 48 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16331 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 260 41 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5388.01 m Freezing level: 946.72 mb = 584.81 m = 1918.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 947.28 mb = 579.41 m = 1900.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.92 % Est. max temperature: 9.71 C = 49.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.46 mb = 335.22 m = 1099.78 ft T: 1.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 0.68 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 708.90 m = 2325.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.47 C = 38.24 F Cap Strength: 14.64 C Lifted Index: 16.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.27 C Showalter Index: 13.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.94 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 14.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.35 mb = 731.89 m = 2401.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.35 mb = 774.93 m = 2542.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 914.35 mb = 861.71 m = 2827.11 ft B at Equ Level: 12.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 864.35 mb = 1308.74 m = 4293.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 1.3 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.0 neg: -34.9 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.67 Bulk Shear: 7.80 m/s