MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 43.77,-92.64 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 975 375 21.9 10.6 49 11.3 15.0 185 8 297.2 298.7 289.1 321.3 8.26 2 950 596 19.7 5.3 39 14.4 11.6 189 14 297.2 298.2 286.9 314.4 5.86 3 900 1058 16.6 0.6 34 16.0 8.4 204 15 298.6 299.5 286.0 311.9 4.45 4 850 1546 18.0 -6.1 19 24.2 6.6 233 16 305.0 305.6 286.7 313.9 2.84 5 800 2062 15.8 -3.9 25 19.7 6.1 251 17 308.0 308.7 288.5 319.2 3.58 6 750 2606 12.7 -1.6 37 14.3 5.3 272 18 310.3 311.2 290.1 324.5 4.53 7 700 3181 8.3 -3.7 42 12.1 2.4 291 17 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.8 4.15 8 650 3788 4.3 -10.5 33 14.8 -2.0 297 16 313.8 314.3 289.5 322.4 2.65 9 600 4435 1.7 -21.8 16 23.4 -6.0 285 17 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.9 1.12 10 550 5131 -2.0 -29.6 10 27.6 -9.4 277 21 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.9 0.60 11 500 5882 -6.7 -37.0 7 30.3 -13.2 275 22 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.32 12 450 6694 -12.7 -38.3 10 25.6 -17.5 273 23 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.31 13 400 7580 -20.1 -35.4 24 15.3 -22.8 269 19 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.47 14 350 8554 -27.9 -36.2 45 8.3 -29.1 271 20 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.49 15 300 9641 -36.4 -45.7 38 9.3 -37.2 274 20 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.21 16 250 10880 -45.7 -52.5 46 6.7 -46.0 281 22 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 17 200 12332 -55.6 -62.2 43 6.6 -55.7 277 18 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14113 -66.9 -71.4 53 4.5 -67.0 268 16 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16540 -67.0 -84.0 7 17.1 -67.1 275 25 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.92 m Freezing level: 577.12 mb = 4753.71 m = 15595.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.74 mb = 3505.97 m = 11502.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.99 mb = 1800.02 m = 5905.51 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.41 mb = 5506.21 m = 18064.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.82 C = 118.07 F Cap Strength: 12.55 C Lifted Index: 13.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.49 C Showalter Index: 13.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 0.55 C K Index: 6.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 162.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10491.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.17 mb = 2749.85 m = 9021.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 48.61 m/s