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: 44.94,-93.12 Latitude: 44.94 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 975 283 17.9 12.0 68 5.9 14.3 186 8 293.2 294.8 288.5 319.1 9.07 2 950 504 19.8 10.4 55 9.4 14.1 204 26 297.3 298.8 289.3 321.7 8.38 3 900 972 20.9 6.7 40 14.2 12.6 224 34 303.1 304.4 289.9 323.7 6.87 4 850 1463 17.0 4.3 43 12.8 9.8 229 27 304.0 305.1 289.5 322.5 6.12 5 800 1976 13.2 0.1 40 13.1 6.3 235 23 305.3 306.2 288.8 320.0 4.82 6 750 2516 10.3 -7.2 29 17.5 2.4 251 21 307.7 308.3 287.8 317.1 2.97 7 700 3086 7.1 -12.4 23 19.5 -0.8 264 19 310.4 310.8 287.8 317.2 2.11 8 650 3690 3.1 -18.6 19 21.7 -4.4 258 20 312.5 312.7 287.8 317.0 1.36 9 600 4333 -1.2 -23.0 17 21.8 -7.8 248 23 314.7 314.9 288.1 318.1 1.00 10 550 5020 -5.8 -27.0 17 21.3 -11.3 252 27 317.3 317.4 288.7 319.9 0.76 11 500 5759 -10.5 -33.2 14 22.7 -15.4 244 33 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.46 12 450 6562 -15.3 -37.4 13 22.1 -19.3 230 38 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.3 0.34 13 400 7440 -21.9 -40.4 17 18.5 -24.5 231 41 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.28 14 350 8409 -28.7 -45.1 19 16.4 -30.5 236 43 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.19 15 300 9490 -38.3 -47.9 36 9.6 -38.9 238 46 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 16 250 10716 -48.1 -51.1 71 3.1 -48.2 241 50 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 17 200 12155 -56.4 -60.4 61 4.0 -56.5 249 52 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 13977 -59.3 -79.7 5 20.4 -59.5 255 41 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16473 -64.9 -83.4 6 18.5 -65.0 265 28 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.60 m Freezing level: 614.00 mb = 4152.76 m = 13624.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.65 mb = 2937.81 m = 9638.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.22 mb = 1037.36 m = 3403.38 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 6.64 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.81 mb = 3592.69 m = 11786.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.70 C = 98.06 F Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lifted Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.68 C Showalter Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 14.81 C K Index: 12.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 195.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8341.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.88 mb = 2178.54 m = 7147.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.4 neg: -16.1 tot: 176.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 28.09 m/s