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: 50.72,-94.61 Latitude: 50.72 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 246 SFC 984 375 1.5 0.1 90 1.5 0.9 173 2 275.9 276.6 274.9 286.6 3.90 2 950 662 2.5 -0.8 79 3.3 1.1 156 2 279.7 280.4 276.8 290.3 3.79 3 900 1097 1.3 -4.1 68 5.3 -0.9 358 4 282.8 283.4 277.5 291.7 3.14 4 850 1557 1.2 -10.2 42 11.4 -2.9 325 9 287.4 287.8 278.4 293.5 2.07 5 800 2045 1.1 -20.4 18 21.6 -5.0 303 14 292.4 292.5 279.2 295.3 0.94 6 750 2562 0.2 -26.7 11 26.9 -6.5 292 17 296.8 296.9 280.7 298.6 0.57 7 700 3113 -1.1 -33.3 7 32.3 -8.1 284 21 301.3 301.4 282.4 302.4 0.33 8 650 3701 -3.7 -33.3 8 29.6 -10.0 284 26 304.8 304.9 283.8 306.0 0.36 9 600 4328 -7.3 -37.0 7 29.7 -12.8 287 30 307.7 307.7 284.8 308.6 0.27 10 550 5001 -11.1 -43.5 5 32.3 -16.0 290 34 310.9 310.9 285.8 311.4 0.15 11 500 5726 -15.3 -29.4 29 14.1 -18.3 291 39 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.7 0.67 12 450 6514 -19.9 -32.0 33 12.1 -22.1 291 44 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.58 13 400 7378 -25.3 -33.5 46 8.2 -26.6 291 44 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.56 14 350 8333 -32.5 -39.5 50 7.0 -33.3 293 46 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.35 15 300 9400 -40.9 -45.9 59 5.0 -41.3 293 51 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.21 16 250 10612 -51.3 -54.5 69 3.2 -51.4 293 53 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.09 17 200 12029 -59.9 -62.7 69 2.8 -59.9 289 58 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 18 150 13828 -57.3 -78.2 5 20.9 -57.6 284 61 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16396 -56.8 -84.1 2 27.2 -57.3 282 43 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5479.30 m Freezing level: 742.95 mb = 2639.86 m = 8660.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 921.88 mb = 903.81 m = 2965.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.75 % Est. max temperature: 14.46 C = 58.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.81 mb = 561.58 m = 1842.45 ft T: 2.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 984.2--18801214401986945146159104.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.50 mb = 4490.81 m = 14733.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.91 C = 93.04 F Cap Strength: 18.83 C Lifted Index: 20.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.34 C Showalter Index: 18.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.48 C Cross Totals Index: 5.09 C K Index: -25.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 58.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17650.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.13 mb = 1304.53 m = 4279.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.9 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 320.9 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -25.5 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 82.95 m/s