MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 52.41,-94.24 Latitude: 52.41 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 974 348 14.0 3.4 49 10.5 8.5 203 5 289.2 290.1 282.8 303.6 5.02 2 950 562 14.4 0.8 39 13.7 7.6 219 12 291.8 292.6 283.1 304.2 4.25 3 900 1016 10.4 -0.6 46 11.0 5.1 225 11 292.2 293.0 283.0 304.1 4.06 4 850 1487 5.9 -1.6 58 7.6 2.5 229 10 292.4 293.1 283.0 304.0 3.99 5 800 1980 1.1 -2.5 76 3.7 -0.5 234 9 292.4 293.1 283.0 304.0 3.96 6 750 2494 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.2 -3.6 239 8 292.8 293.5 283.1 304.2 3.89 7 700 3037 -7.0 -8.2 91 1.2 -7.5 248 6 294.7 295.2 282.8 303.5 2.94 8 650 3613 -8.9 -15.7 57 6.9 -10.9 259 5 298.9 299.2 283.1 304.3 1.72 9 600 4229 -12.7 -19.2 58 6.5 -14.4 272 11 301.5 301.7 283.8 305.9 1.40 10 550 4887 -17.1 -24.4 53 7.3 -18.7 276 16 303.8 304.0 284.2 307.0 0.96 11 500 5594 -22.6 -30.1 50 7.5 -23.8 282 19 305.5 305.7 284.4 307.6 0.63 12 450 6360 -26.9 -33.0 56 6.1 -27.8 282 26 309.4 309.5 285.8 311.2 0.53 13 400 7199 -33.1 -40.2 49 7.1 -33.8 279 33 312.0 312.0 286.4 313.0 0.29 14 350 8127 -38.6 -53.2 20 14.6 -39.4 278 38 316.7 316.7 287.8 317.0 0.08 15 300 9168 -46.3 -54.4 40 8.0 -46.6 272 41 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.3 0.08 16 250 10357 -53.7 -59.8 47 6.1 -53.8 265 41 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.05 17 200 11791 -51.2 -74.1 5 22.9 -51.6 254 54 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13667 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 253 52 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16295 -52.9 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 259 48 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5465.58 m Freezing level: 787.51 mb = 2108.14 m = 6916.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.49 mb = 1893.81 m = 6213.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.84 % Est. max temperature: 17.07 C = 62.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.25 mb = 1668.41 m = 5473.74 ft T: 4.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.74 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.11 mb = 2366.51 m = 7764.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.40 C = 63.33 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 25.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 47.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12516.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.81 mb = 2255.28 m = 7399.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -8.5 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 9.32 m/s