MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.96,-92.7 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -92.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 973 301 16.1 10.3 68 5.8 12.7 238 8 291.5 292.9 286.9 314.5 8.09 2 950 508 17.1 9.6 61 7.5 12.6 250 21 294.6 296.0 287.9 317.4 7.90 3 900 968 15.6 7.9 60 7.7 11.1 274 24 297.6 299.0 288.5 319.4 7.45 4 850 1453 15.7 6.3 53 9.4 10.2 264 22 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.7 7.05 5 800 1967 14.4 5.3 54 9.1 9.1 255 26 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.7 6.98 6 750 2509 10.5 2.1 56 8.3 5.9 246 26 307.9 309.1 290.6 326.3 5.97 7 700 3079 6.2 -2.0 56 8.1 2.1 245 25 309.3 310.2 290.0 324.0 4.72 8 650 3682 2.3 -8.0 46 10.3 -2.3 261 32 311.5 312.1 289.3 321.8 3.21 9 600 4323 -2.4 -11.0 52 8.6 -5.8 268 34 313.3 313.9 289.5 322.2 2.76 10 550 5007 -7.1 -18.0 41 11.0 -10.6 272 34 315.7 316.0 289.2 321.3 1.68 11 500 5745 -11.1 -28.0 23 16.9 -15.2 277 33 319.5 319.7 289.4 322.2 0.76 12 450 6545 -16.3 -36.9 15 20.6 -20.0 282 34 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.36 13 400 7419 -23.3 -41.4 17 18.1 -25.7 284 37 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.26 14 350 8380 -31.2 -43.8 28 12.6 -32.5 273 42 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.22 15 300 9453 -39.4 -47.3 43 7.9 -39.9 259 51 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.18 16 250 10677 -48.1 -56.6 37 8.5 -48.4 263 50 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12126 -53.7 -67.7 16 14.1 -53.9 281 44 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 13949 -58.9 -78.2 7 19.2 -59.2 268 44 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.2 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.4 270 29 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.01 m Freezing level: 625.70 mb = 3993.67 m = 13102.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.12 mb = 3361.63 m = 11028.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.41 mb = 1039.98 m = 3411.97 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 5.92 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.05 mb = 3398.74 m = 11150.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.94 C = 94.90 F Cap Strength: 8.60 C Lifted Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.37 C Showalter Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 24.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9366.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.27 mb = 1724.11 m = 5656.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.9 neg: -25.9 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 14.74 m/s