MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 47.39,-94.73 Latitude: 47.39 Longitude: -94.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 967 420 13.5 10.2 80 3.3 11.6 186 7 289.4 290.8 286.1 312.2 8.10 2 950 572 16.8 9.1 60 7.7 12.3 199 22 294.3 295.6 287.5 316.4 7.66 3 900 1035 17.2 7.5 53 9.8 11.5 220 26 299.3 300.6 288.9 320.6 7.24 4 850 1520 13.5 7.7 68 5.8 10.1 239 23 300.3 301.7 289.8 323.3 7.78 5 800 2028 9.9 6.4 79 3.4 7.9 256 22 301.7 303.1 290.0 324.2 7.57 6 750 2561 6.6 2.7 76 3.9 4.5 269 20 303.7 304.9 289.5 322.5 6.21 7 700 3125 4.4 -13.3 26 17.7 -2.4 267 17 307.4 307.7 286.6 313.7 1.96 8 650 3725 1.1 -8.8 47 9.9 -3.1 268 15 310.2 310.8 288.7 319.9 3.02 9 600 4364 -3.1 -11.1 54 8.0 -6.3 281 16 312.5 313.0 289.2 321.3 2.73 10 550 5047 -7.6 -14.9 56 7.3 -10.2 291 16 315.1 315.5 289.5 322.3 2.19 11 500 5782 -12.1 -29.3 22 17.2 -16.0 299 18 318.3 318.5 288.9 320.7 0.68 12 450 6581 -16.0 -45.6 6 29.6 -20.1 312 24 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.14 13 400 7457 -22.5 -48.6 7 26.1 -25.4 316 27 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 14 350 8422 -29.9 -57.0 5 27.1 -31.8 299 29 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.05 15 300 9500 -38.9 -54.6 17 15.7 -39.8 290 32 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 16 250 10721 -49.6 -57.1 41 7.5 -49.8 281 40 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 17 200 12145 -60.0 -63.2 66 3.2 -60.0 286 51 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.04 18 150 13927 -60.5 -78.5 8 18.0 -60.7 284 38 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16448 -60.8 -84.3 3 23.5 -61.0 292 32 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.23 m Freezing level: 636.65 mb = 3895.36 m = 12779.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.30 mb = 2925.60 m = 9598.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.51 mb = 841.96 m = 2762.31 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.52 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.22 mb = 3134.21 m = 10282.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.40 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.45 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 15.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8805.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.90 mb = 1914.27 m = 6280.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 186.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 53.91 m/s