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,-93.20 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 976 284 17.1 9.5 61 7.6 12.6 283 8 292.3 293.6 286.8 314.1 7.64 2 950 510 16.3 8.5 60 7.8 11.8 291 18 293.7 295.0 287.1 314.9 7.35 3 900 969 15.1 6.6 57 8.6 10.3 310 20 297.1 298.3 287.8 317.0 6.79 4 850 1453 15.2 5.2 51 10.1 9.5 293 19 302.1 303.3 289.3 321.7 6.53 5 800 1966 14.3 4.3 51 10.0 8.6 270 21 306.3 307.6 290.6 326.2 6.51 6 750 2509 11.1 1.6 52 9.5 5.9 256 25 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.3 5.72 7 700 3080 6.4 -1.2 58 7.7 2.5 248 27 309.6 310.6 290.3 325.2 5.00 8 650 3683 1.7 -4.7 62 6.4 -1.3 257 31 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.9 4.15 9 600 4323 -2.6 -10.9 53 8.2 -6.0 266 35 313.1 313.6 289.4 322.1 2.78 10 550 5007 -6.9 -20.0 35 13.1 -11.0 272 35 315.9 316.1 288.9 320.7 1.42 11 500 5745 -10.8 -32.9 14 22.1 -15.5 282 33 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.48 12 450 6546 -16.2 -35.5 17 19.3 -19.8 285 34 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.41 13 400 7420 -23.4 -39.5 21 16.1 -25.6 288 36 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.31 14 350 8380 -31.5 -45.3 24 13.8 -32.8 283 42 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.19 15 300 9453 -39.2 -52.1 24 12.9 -39.9 276 43 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 16 250 10677 -48.3 -56.6 38 8.3 -48.6 274 42 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12126 -53.5 -67.1 17 13.6 -53.7 287 44 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13950 -59.1 -77.9 7 18.8 -59.3 272 42 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16451 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 271 30 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.73 m Freezing level: 630.40 mb = 3933.71 m = 12905.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.30 mb = 3469.17 m = 11381.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.06 mb = 1245.81 m = 4087.25 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.94 mb = 3547.10 m = 11637.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.26 C = 95.47 F Cap Strength: 9.37 C Lifted Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.65 C Showalter Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.01 C K Index: 23.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9738.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.80 mb = 1790.45 m = 5874.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 26.50 m/s