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: 45.05,-93.44 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -93.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 974 286 18.9 10.7 59 8.2 14.0 190 9 294.3 295.8 288.2 318.3 8.34 2 950 501 20.2 9.6 51 10.6 13.8 203 26 297.7 299.1 289.0 320.9 7.94 3 900 969 21.0 6.8 40 14.2 12.6 222 35 303.2 304.4 289.9 323.9 6.91 4 850 1460 17.3 4.6 43 12.7 10.1 233 28 304.3 305.5 289.8 323.3 6.27 5 800 1974 13.7 1.3 43 12.4 7.1 247 21 305.8 306.7 289.3 321.9 5.27 6 750 2515 10.6 -2.6 40 13.2 4.0 270 19 308.0 308.8 289.1 321.1 4.21 7 700 3085 6.7 -6.1 39 12.9 0.8 281 18 309.9 310.6 289.0 320.9 3.46 8 650 3689 2.5 -12.2 33 14.8 -3.3 270 17 311.8 312.3 288.5 319.3 2.30 9 600 4330 -1.6 -21.1 21 19.4 -7.8 253 23 314.2 314.5 288.2 318.3 1.19 10 550 5017 -6.1 -27.6 16 21.5 -11.6 253 28 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.4 0.72 11 500 5755 -10.6 -35.2 11 24.6 -15.6 243 33 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.38 12 450 6558 -15.3 -38.4 12 23.2 -19.3 231 41 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.31 13 400 7436 -22.0 -40.5 17 18.5 -24.6 230 44 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.28 14 350 8404 -29.0 -46.8 16 17.8 -30.8 236 47 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 15 300 9485 -38.4 -47.0 40 8.5 -39.1 237 50 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 16 250 10710 -48.2 -49.1 90 0.9 -48.2 240 53 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.18 17 200 12147 -56.3 -61.2 54 4.9 -56.4 250 55 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 13973 -58.8 -79.9 5 21.0 -59.0 253 42 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16469 -65.1 -83.4 6 18.2 -65.3 265 29 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.09 m Freezing level: 619.45 mb = 4080.79 m = 13388.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.47 mb = 3196.70 m = 10487.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.62 mb = 1333.54 m = 4375.07 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.18 mb = 3574.55 m = 11727.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.99 C = 96.79 F Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lifted Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.43 C Showalter Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.24 C K Index: 19.73 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8345.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.26 mb = 2280.55 m = 7482.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 195.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 37.13 m/s