MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 6Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 43.56,-94.69 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 973 390 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.6 55 6 282.7 283.6 280.0 297.0 5.11 2 950 591 8.6 1.5 61 7.1 5.2 64 15 285.9 286.7 280.7 298.6 4.47 3 900 1036 5.7 -0.2 66 5.8 2.9 58 12 287.3 288.1 281.0 299.3 4.19 4 850 1501 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.3 350 8 289.2 290.0 282.0 301.6 4.32 5 800 1990 -0.5 -2.4 87 1.9 -1.3 334 16 290.6 291.3 282.3 302.2 3.99 6 750 2502 -3.6 -8.3 70 4.6 -5.4 340 25 292.6 293.1 281.7 300.8 2.73 7 700 3048 -2.9 -29.8 10 27.0 -8.9 344 30 299.3 299.4 281.7 300.9 0.46 8 650 3633 -4.4 -30.9 11 26.5 -10.3 339 31 304.0 304.1 283.6 305.5 0.45 9 600 4259 -8.1 -27.3 20 19.2 -12.6 335 34 306.8 306.9 284.9 309.1 0.68 10 550 4929 -12.0 -26.9 28 14.9 -15.4 332 37 309.8 310.0 286.2 312.4 0.77 11 500 5653 -15.5 -34.2 18 18.7 -18.9 331 43 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.6 0.42 12 450 6440 -20.8 -28.9 48 8.1 -22.4 332 47 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.8 0.78 13 400 7300 -26.8 -38.2 33 11.4 -28.2 333 50 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.5 0.35 14 350 8250 -33.4 -36.2 75 2.9 -33.7 331 56 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.5 0.49 15 300 9315 -41.2 -44.5 71 3.3 -41.5 332 64 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.24 16 250 10526 -51.3 -55.3 62 4.0 -51.4 329 70 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 17 200 11951 -54.3 -63.6 31 9.3 -54.5 326 60 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.04 18 150 13817 -53.0 -78.8 3 25.8 -53.5 321 41 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.8 0.01 19 100 16404 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 332 22 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5486.24 m Freezing level: 807.19 mb = 1919.50 m = 6297.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 825.18 mb = 1740.15 m = 5709.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.51 % Est. max temperature: 14.58 C = 58.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.43 mb = 860.35 m = 2822.63 ft T: 6.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2134.56 m = 7003.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.81 C = 60.45 F Cap Strength: 11.88 C Lifted Index: 14.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.17 C Showalter Index: 12.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.43 C Cross Totals Index: 14.94 C K Index: -9.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 59.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15609.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.44 mb = 1573.40 m = 5162.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.9 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 8.9 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.9 neg: -42.6 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 115.13 m/s