MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 44.89,-94.00 Latitude: 44.89 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 978 300 26.4 21.6 75 4.8 22.9 131 5 301.4 304.5 296.8 351.0 16.83 2 950 552 24.8 18.4 68 6.4 20.4 167 8 302.3 305.0 295.3 344.2 14.16 3 900 1024 21.0 16.8 77 4.2 18.1 216 9 303.2 305.7 295.1 343.1 13.49 4 850 1517 17.0 15.0 88 2.0 15.7 236 14 304.0 306.3 294.8 341.9 12.74 5 800 2032 13.5 13.3 99 0.2 13.4 246 17 305.6 307.8 294.7 341.8 12.08 6 750 2575 12.6 0.8 44 11.9 6.2 279 16 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.1 5.39 7 700 3149 8.1 -5.5 38 13.5 1.6 281 17 311.4 312.1 289.6 322.9 3.63 8 650 3755 3.0 -12.4 31 15.4 -3.1 276 18 312.4 312.8 288.6 319.7 2.27 9 600 4398 -0.5 -23.8 15 23.2 -7.5 286 17 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.93 10 550 5089 -3.6 -24.8 18 21.2 -9.8 298 23 319.8 320.0 289.7 323.0 0.93 11 500 5836 -7.7 -17.2 46 9.6 -11.0 304 25 323.7 324.1 291.8 330.4 1.98 12 450 6648 -11.6 -28.9 22 17.3 -16.0 313 25 328.6 328.8 292.1 331.4 0.78 13 400 7539 -18.3 -33.3 25 15.0 -21.3 322 28 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.4 0.58 14 350 8521 -25.9 -37.2 34 11.3 -27.6 321 33 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.5 0.45 15 300 9616 -34.8 -41.8 49 7.0 -35.5 331 33 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.33 16 250 10861 -45.2 -47.1 81 2.0 -45.3 350 44 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.22 17 200 12315 -54.7 -58.8 61 4.1 -54.9 351 45 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14120 -62.2 -75.0 17 12.8 -62.3 341 36 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16598 -65.3 -82.7 7 17.4 -65.4 319 27 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.03 m Freezing level: 607.55 mb = 4300.57 m = 14109.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.92 mb = 3351.09 m = 10994.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.32 mb = 905.56 m = 2970.97 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 32.31 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1595.53 m = 5234.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 26.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.51 mb = 1401.12 m = 4596.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.51 mb = 1858.67 m = 6097.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.51 mb = 2282.94 m = 7489.87 ft B at Equ Level: 10.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.51 mb = 14695.67 m = 48213.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 116.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 16.06 Bulk Shear: 57.37 m/s