MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 47.41,-93.51 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 239 SFC 979 415 2.2 0.6 89 1.6 1.5 52 3 277.0 277.7 275.7 288.2 4.08 2 950 655 2.3 -0.1 84 2.4 1.3 57 15 279.6 280.2 277.0 290.7 4.01 3 900 1091 1.7 -2.3 75 4.0 0.0 60 17 283.3 283.9 278.3 293.4 3.58 4 850 1556 6.2 -8.6 34 14.8 0.4 44 10 292.6 293.1 281.2 299.7 2.34 5 800 2052 6.2 -19.1 14 25.3 -1.9 13 9 297.7 297.9 281.8 301.1 1.06 6 750 2580 5.9 -35.6 3 41.5 -3.8 342 9 303.0 303.0 282.9 303.8 0.24 7 700 3142 3.7 -40.5 2 44.2 -5.5 309 14 306.6 306.6 284.2 307.1 0.16 8 650 3739 0.3 -39.3 3 39.6 -7.8 298 20 309.3 309.3 285.3 310.0 0.19 9 600 4375 -3.5 -34.1 7 30.6 -10.3 290 25 312.1 312.1 286.5 313.3 0.35 10 550 5057 -7.6 -29.4 16 21.7 -12.8 286 31 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.1 0.61 11 500 5790 -12.8 -33.8 15 21.0 -17.0 284 34 317.4 317.5 288.4 319.0 0.44 12 450 6585 -18.1 -44.7 8 26.6 -21.7 284 36 320.4 320.5 289.0 321.0 0.16 13 400 7454 -24.5 -48.4 9 23.9 -27.0 281 36 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.6 0.12 14 350 8411 -32.2 -47.8 20 15.7 -33.4 281 40 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.14 15 300 9480 -40.5 -53.1 24 12.7 -41.1 278 35 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10696 -49.7 -58.2 36 8.6 -49.9 278 36 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12127 -57.1 -67.3 26 10.3 -57.2 275 47 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13939 -58.8 -77.8 7 19.0 -59.0 274 61 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16480 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.3 284 41 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.99 m Freezing level: 646.04 mb = 3789.17 m = 12431.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 841.88 mb = 1634.66 m = 5362.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.73 % Est. max temperature: 19.81 C = 67.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.81 mb = 614.17 m = 2014.96 ft T: 2.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 978.5-7490422784.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.58 mb = 5161.31 m = 16933.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.25 C = 104.45 F Cap Strength: 21.16 C Lifted Index: 21.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 18.01 C Showalter Index: 16.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.03 C Cross Totals Index: 4.20 C K Index: -33.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17870.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.47 mb = 1297.18 m = 4255.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.7 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 333.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -48.0 tot: -10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 103.38 m/s