MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 45.66,-94.85 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 968 386 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 126 10 291.8 293.8 290.2 324.8 11.66 2 950 544 15.2 15.1 100 0.0 15.1 132 18 292.6 294.6 290.3 325.1 11.45 3 900 1003 15.0 15.0 100 0.0 15.0 161 24 297.0 299.1 292.2 331.7 11.99 4 850 1487 13.6 11.9 90 1.7 12.6 158 18 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.9 10.38 5 800 1997 11.1 8.3 83 2.8 9.5 150 19 303.0 304.6 291.3 328.8 8.64 6 750 2534 8.1 5.7 85 2.4 6.7 149 21 305.4 306.8 291.3 328.6 7.70 7 700 3101 4.5 3.3 92 1.2 3.8 159 22 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.6 6.93 8 650 3701 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.1 181 21 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.90 9 600 4340 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 201 23 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.15 10 550 5027 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.2 211 27 317.0 317.9 291.9 330.9 4.30 11 500 5768 -10.0 -10.6 96 0.6 -10.2 217 30 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.1 3.42 12 450 6573 -14.9 -15.4 96 0.5 -15.0 226 32 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.2 2.57 13 400 7453 -21.1 -21.2 100 0.1 -21.1 230 34 327.6 327.9 292.7 333.7 1.77 14 350 8424 -28.5 -28.5 100 0.0 -28.5 229 33 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.1 1.04 15 300 9509 -37.2 -37.2 100 -0.0 -37.2 238 31 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.9 0.52 16 250 10739 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 250 36 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12170 -60.2 -60.3 99 0.1 -60.2 263 58 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.06 18 150 13943 -56.3 -73.5 10 17.1 -56.6 280 54 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16513 -57.1 -84.5 2 27.3 -57.5 278 26 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.75 m Freezing level: 644.63 mb = 3769.55 m = 12367.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.61 mb = 3730.27 m = 12238.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.05 mb = 410.20 m = 1345.77 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.80 mb = 474.39 m = 1556.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.34 C = 61.41 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.81 mb = 873.74 m = 2866.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.81 mb = 3469.91 m = 11384.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.81 mb = 4093.74 m = 13430.76 ft B at Equ Level: 34.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 528.81 mb = 5332.37 m = 17494.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 214.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.4 neg: -25.8 tot: 110.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 35.31 m/s