MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.94,-93.20 Latitude: 44.94 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 65 SFC 975 284 17.6 12.2 71 5.4 14.3 176 8 292.9 294.5 288.5 319.2 9.22 2 950 505 19.9 10.0 53 9.8 13.9 201 25 297.4 298.8 289.1 321.1 8.15 3 900 973 21.2 6.5 39 14.6 12.6 226 31 303.3 304.6 289.9 323.7 6.78 4 850 1464 17.1 4.5 43 12.6 9.9 230 27 304.0 305.2 289.6 322.8 6.22 5 800 1977 13.0 0.8 43 12.2 6.6 234 23 305.0 306.0 288.9 320.5 5.07 6 750 2516 9.9 -6.3 31 16.1 2.5 250 21 307.3 307.9 287.9 317.3 3.19 7 700 3085 6.7 -12.3 24 19.0 -0.9 264 20 309.9 310.3 287.7 316.8 2.13 8 650 3689 3.0 -19.2 18 22.2 -4.6 259 21 312.4 312.6 287.6 316.7 1.29 9 600 4331 -1.2 -23.4 17 22.2 -7.9 250 23 314.7 314.9 288.1 318.0 0.96 10 550 5018 -5.9 -26.9 17 21.0 -11.5 251 26 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.8 0.77 11 500 5758 -10.4 -34.0 13 23.6 -15.3 241 33 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.9 0.43 12 450 6561 -15.2 -37.9 12 22.7 -19.2 230 39 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.32 13 400 7439 -21.9 -40.4 17 18.6 -24.5 231 43 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.28 14 350 8407 -29.1 -45.9 18 16.8 -30.9 235 45 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.18 15 300 9487 -38.3 -45.1 49 6.7 -38.9 237 47 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.23 16 250 10715 -47.7 -48.5 91 0.9 -47.7 245 48 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.19 17 200 12152 -56.3 -61.5 52 5.2 -56.5 251 54 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 13976 -59.1 -79.3 6 20.3 -59.3 251 39 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16473 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.7 -64.9 266 26 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.43 m Freezing level: 614.44 mb = 4145.79 m = 13601.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.93 mb = 2922.42 m = 9587.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.00 mb = 972.75 m = 3191.41 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3606.03 m = 11830.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.61 C = 97.90 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 4.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.36 C Showalter Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: 12.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 188.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7697.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.30 mb = 2217.24 m = 7274.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.8 neg: -10.8 tot: 188.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 31.26 m/s