MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.64,-92.96 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 978 292 17.4 7.2 51 10.2 11.6 327 12 292.4 293.6 285.7 311.1 6.52 2 950 536 14.5 4.5 51 10.0 9.2 331 21 291.9 292.9 284.5 308.0 5.57 3 900 990 12.1 0.6 45 11.5 6.4 342 27 294.0 294.8 284.2 307.1 4.44 4 850 1469 12.6 -7.0 25 19.7 4.0 332 26 299.4 299.9 284.4 307.5 2.65 5 800 1976 11.3 -14.7 15 26.0 1.5 309 25 303.2 303.5 284.6 308.1 1.53 6 750 2512 9.5 -16.3 14 25.9 -0.0 288 29 306.9 307.2 285.9 311.5 1.42 7 700 3080 6.0 -11.1 28 17.1 -1.0 276 32 309.1 309.5 287.6 316.5 2.33 8 650 3682 2.3 -18.7 19 21.0 -4.9 281 32 311.5 311.8 287.4 316.0 1.34 9 600 4324 -1.3 -28.6 10 27.3 -8.5 293 32 314.6 314.8 287.6 316.7 0.60 10 550 5011 -5.8 -26.0 19 20.1 -11.3 299 41 317.2 317.3 288.8 320.1 0.84 11 500 5749 -11.1 -26.6 27 15.4 -15.0 290 41 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.5 0.87 12 450 6548 -17.4 -33.3 24 16.0 -20.4 286 41 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.51 13 400 7419 -23.8 -43.6 14 19.8 -26.2 300 49 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.20 14 350 8379 -31.7 -45.8 24 14.1 -33.0 301 51 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.18 15 300 9448 -40.3 -49.7 36 9.4 -40.9 301 47 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.14 16 250 10669 -47.3 -56.9 32 9.6 -47.7 310 57 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12131 -52.4 -66.4 17 14.0 -52.7 311 49 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 13941 -62.4 -73.9 20 11.6 -62.5 282 52 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16451 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.4 -63.3 274 27 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.37 m Freezing level: 618.03 mb = 4092.42 m = 13426.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.30 mb = 2497.72 m = 8194.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.62 mb = 1571.91 m = 5157.13 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 4.08 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 571.39 mb = 4709.53 m = 15451.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.88 C = 105.58 F Cap Strength: 12.24 C Lifted Index: 12.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.10 C Showalter Index: 12.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 4.11 C K Index: -0.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12671.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.43 mb = 2139.24 m = 7018.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.8 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 327.8 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -33.6 tot: -29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 48.90 m/s