MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.44,-92.12 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -92.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 975 292 15.2 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 174 6 290.5 292.2 288.2 318.3 9.86 2 950 518 20.4 11.0 55 9.4 14.6 207 27 297.9 299.4 289.8 323.3 8.71 3 900 985 19.8 7.4 45 12.4 12.4 221 30 301.9 303.2 289.8 323.3 7.18 4 850 1474 16.1 5.1 48 10.9 9.8 235 26 303.0 304.2 289.5 322.5 6.50 5 800 1986 12.1 2.5 52 9.6 6.9 241 19 304.0 305.1 289.2 321.3 5.72 6 750 2523 9.3 -8.8 27 18.2 1.5 232 20 306.7 307.2 287.1 315.0 2.61 7 700 3092 7.1 -16.2 17 23.3 -1.6 233 23 310.4 310.7 287.2 315.5 1.54 8 650 3697 3.6 -18.9 17 22.5 -4.2 240 22 313.0 313.3 287.9 317.4 1.32 9 600 4341 -0.7 -22.8 17 22.1 -7.5 245 22 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.7 1.02 10 550 5029 -5.3 -27.3 16 22.0 -11.1 242 23 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.4 0.74 11 500 5771 -9.1 -34.3 11 25.2 -14.5 237 25 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.42 12 450 6578 -14.3 -39.4 10 25.1 -18.7 234 26 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.28 13 400 7458 -21.7 -40.0 17 18.3 -24.4 240 28 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.29 14 350 8426 -29.0 -44.9 20 15.9 -30.7 244 30 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.20 15 300 9508 -37.9 -50.5 26 12.6 -38.8 238 30 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.12 16 250 10736 -47.9 -54.9 44 7.0 -48.1 249 39 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.09 17 200 12176 -56.8 -62.0 52 5.2 -56.9 247 44 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 13991 -59.9 -79.5 6 19.6 -60.1 261 33 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16478 -65.3 -83.3 7 18.0 -65.5 263 21 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.58 m Freezing level: 608.45 mb = 4231.86 m = 13883.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.64 mb = 2795.35 m = 9170.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.94 mb = 545.64 m = 1790.15 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.28 mb = 3531.80 m = 11587.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.49 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.60 C Showalter Index: 5.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 14.26 C K Index: 6.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 167.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7437.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.03 mb = 2006.24 m = 6582.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 174.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 14.45 m/s