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,-92.62 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -92.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 973 306 16.8 12.2 74 4.6 14.0 188 10 292.2 293.8 288.2 318.4 9.20 2 950 513 20.7 10.2 51 10.5 14.3 208 30 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.4 8.26 3 900 981 20.4 6.8 41 13.7 12.4 224 31 302.6 303.8 289.7 323.2 6.88 4 850 1471 16.5 4.8 46 11.7 9.8 231 25 303.4 304.6 289.5 322.5 6.35 5 800 1983 12.6 0.7 44 11.9 6.3 232 19 304.6 305.6 288.8 320.0 5.05 6 750 2522 10.1 -10.9 22 21.0 1.3 235 21 307.6 308.0 286.9 314.6 2.22 7 700 3092 7.2 -19.9 12 27.2 -2.1 240 23 310.5 310.7 286.8 314.2 1.12 8 650 3696 3.5 -22.5 13 25.9 -4.8 244 22 312.9 313.1 287.5 316.2 0.97 9 600 4340 -0.8 -24.2 15 23.5 -7.7 247 22 315.2 315.4 288.2 318.3 0.90 10 550 5028 -5.2 -28.4 14 23.2 -11.2 246 26 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.2 0.67 11 500 5770 -9.3 -34.1 11 24.8 -14.7 238 28 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.2 0.43 12 450 6576 -14.5 -38.4 11 23.9 -18.8 233 29 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.31 13 400 7455 -21.7 -40.0 17 18.3 -24.4 237 31 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.29 14 350 8424 -28.9 -45.1 20 16.2 -30.6 241 33 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.20 15 300 9506 -38.0 -50.4 26 12.5 -38.8 237 34 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.13 16 250 10733 -48.1 -54.7 46 6.6 -48.3 246 41 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12172 -56.9 -59.4 74 2.5 -57.0 248 47 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.06 18 150 13990 -59.8 -79.6 6 19.8 -60.0 259 35 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16479 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.7 -64.8 266 22 402.8 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.97 m Freezing level: 609.10 mb = 4222.48 m = 13853.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.74 mb = 2736.55 m = 8978.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.63 mb = 898.52 m = 2947.87 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.95 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.59 mb = 3688.71 m = 12101.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.08 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.82 C Showalter Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 14.15 C K Index: 3.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 175.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7455.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.08 mb = 2204.40 m = 7232.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.5 neg: -20.7 tot: 149.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 16.72 m/s