MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 52.45,-94.03 Latitude: 52.45 Longitude: -94.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 982 347 5.9 2.4 78 3.5 4.2 141 4 280.5 281.3 278.3 293.3 4.61 2 950 619 9.9 0.2 51 9.7 5.4 150 11 287.3 288.0 280.9 299.0 4.10 3 900 1067 9.2 -3.9 39 13.1 3.5 160 5 291.0 291.6 281.5 300.4 3.18 4 850 1540 9.5 -27.6 5 37.1 -0.6 332 2 296.1 296.2 280.3 297.7 0.47 5 800 2041 7.4 -27.5 6 34.9 -2.1 334 3 299.0 299.1 281.6 300.7 0.50 6 750 2569 5.3 -32.6 4 37.9 -4.0 329 3 302.3 302.4 282.8 303.5 0.33 7 700 3129 3.3 -31.8 6 35.1 -5.4 349 6 306.2 306.3 284.4 307.5 0.38 8 650 3726 0.0 -21.6 18 21.6 -6.6 354 11 309.0 309.2 286.2 312.5 1.05 9 600 4362 -3.7 -19.8 27 16.1 -8.7 355 15 311.9 312.1 287.5 316.3 1.33 10 550 5045 -6.9 -18.6 39 11.8 -10.6 359 19 315.9 316.2 289.1 321.3 1.60 11 500 5782 -11.6 -21.5 44 9.9 -14.5 356 24 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.5 1.37 12 450 6583 -15.7 -38.3 12 22.6 -19.6 2 30 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.31 13 400 7458 -23.1 -32.4 42 9.3 -24.8 358 34 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.63 14 350 8420 -31.0 -35.6 64 4.6 -31.7 352 38 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.53 15 300 9494 -39.2 -45.5 52 6.2 -39.7 352 44 330.1 330.1 292.0 330.9 0.22 16 250 10716 -49.1 -52.2 71 3.0 -49.3 348 54 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12145 -59.3 -62.2 70 2.8 -59.4 347 59 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 13942 -56.7 -77.8 5 21.1 -57.0 352 31 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16504 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 357 21 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.02 m Freezing level: 649.47 mb = 3732.48 m = 12245.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.62 mb = 1466.64 m = 4811.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.23 % Est. max temperature: 22.45 C = 72.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.56 mb = 799.03 m = 2621.47 ft T: 9.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 2.72 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.51 mb = 5411.78 m = 17754.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.57 C = 108.63 F Cap Strength: 17.31 C Lifted Index: 18.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.63 C Showalter Index: 18.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 5.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.16 C Cross Totals Index: -15.94 C K Index: -41.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15493.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.10 mb = 2152.89 m = 7063.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.3 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 27.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.1 neg: -10.4 tot: 37.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 49.32 m/s