MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 45.05,-94.69 Latitude: 45.05 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 115 SFC 974 343 25.0 20.1 74 4.9 21.6 134 6 300.4 303.2 295.7 345.6 15.42 2 950 563 23.6 16.7 65 6.9 18.9 158 11 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.3 12.65 3 900 1033 20.2 14.9 71 5.3 16.7 190 15 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.5 11.90 4 850 1524 16.5 12.9 79 3.6 14.1 211 19 303.4 305.5 293.4 336.4 11.07 5 800 2038 12.9 11.0 88 1.9 11.7 225 23 304.9 306.8 293.3 335.8 10.33 6 750 2578 9.0 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 241 26 306.4 308.0 292.6 333.1 8.87 7 700 3147 5.8 3.5 85 2.3 4.5 264 29 309.0 310.3 291.9 330.7 7.07 8 650 3750 1.5 -0.8 84 2.3 0.3 275 32 310.7 311.7 291.1 327.9 5.54 9 600 4390 -2.9 -7.7 69 4.8 -5.0 281 33 312.8 313.5 290.0 324.2 3.57 10 550 5074 -7.0 -14.4 56 7.4 -9.7 279 33 315.7 316.2 289.8 323.2 2.28 11 500 5811 -11.4 -18.5 56 7.1 -13.6 278 35 319.2 319.5 290.3 325.1 1.78 12 450 6611 -16.6 -24.2 52 7.6 -18.6 283 38 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.6 1.20 13 400 7485 -23.0 -31.1 47 8.1 -24.5 278 44 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.7 0.71 14 350 8448 -30.3 -31.5 90 1.2 -30.5 280 45 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.79 15 300 9526 -38.3 -38.8 96 0.4 -38.4 278 46 331.3 331.4 292.5 333.0 0.45 16 250 10754 -47.5 -48.1 94 0.6 -47.6 273 58 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.20 17 200 12190 -57.6 -61.5 61 4.0 -57.6 275 53 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 13986 -59.1 -78.1 7 19.0 -59.3 282 52 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16523 -60.6 -84.4 3 23.7 -60.9 280 34 410.5 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.61 m Freezing level: 632.89 mb = 3969.12 m = 13021.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.03 mb = 3786.75 m = 12423.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.11 mb = 964.42 m = 3164.08 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 22.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1857.88 m = 6095.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1142.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.99 mb = 1534.15 m = 5033.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.99 mb = 2207.19 m = 7241.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.99 mb = 11460.94 m = 37601.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.99 mb = 14241.49 m = 46723.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 284.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 8.97 Bulk Shear: 127.46 m/s