MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.87,-93.31 Latitude: 44.87 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 979 291 22.5 2.6 27 20.0 11.8 325 8 297.5 298.3 285.8 311.4 4.70 2 950 552 19.4 -0.5 26 19.9 9.3 326 13 296.9 297.6 284.7 308.4 3.87 3 900 1013 14.9 -1.4 33 16.3 6.9 326 13 296.9 297.6 284.7 308.4 3.84 4 850 1492 10.4 -2.3 41 12.7 4.4 327 13 297.0 297.7 284.7 308.3 3.79 5 800 1994 9.8 -16.5 14 26.3 0.4 322 17 301.6 301.8 283.7 305.8 1.31 6 750 2529 9.4 -21.3 10 30.6 -0.8 307 20 306.7 306.9 285.2 309.8 0.93 7 700 3098 7.4 -21.4 11 28.8 -2.2 302 20 310.6 310.8 286.7 313.9 0.98 8 650 3704 4.6 -20.7 14 25.3 -3.9 300 20 314.2 314.4 288.1 318.0 1.13 9 600 4351 0.8 -23.6 14 24.5 -6.7 298 21 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.4 0.95 10 550 5043 -3.8 -33.5 8 29.7 -10.8 313 23 319.6 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.41 11 500 5787 -9.2 -31.1 15 21.9 -14.3 325 30 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.9 0.57 12 450 6592 -15.1 -33.2 20 18.1 -18.8 319 36 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.52 13 400 7470 -22.1 -37.2 24 15.1 -24.5 311 41 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.39 14 350 8436 -30.3 -39.5 40 9.2 -31.4 317 40 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.35 15 300 9513 -38.5 -44.0 56 5.5 -38.9 329 47 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.26 16 250 10744 -46.4 -53.7 43 7.3 -46.7 333 55 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 17 200 12192 -56.1 -62.2 46 6.1 -56.3 329 63 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 13987 -61.7 -75.6 14 13.9 -61.9 314 36 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16468 -64.4 -84.3 5 19.9 -64.6 282 22 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.61 m Freezing level: 590.94 mb = 4476.51 m = 14686.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.16 mb = 2159.92 m = 7086.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.92 C = 75.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.70 mb = 2778.11 m = 9114.41 ft T: 8.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 5.65 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 505.76 mb = 5697.65 m = 18692.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.50 C = 115.70 F Cap Strength: 13.74 C Lifted Index: 13.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.08 C Showalter Index: 14.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.56 C Cross Totals Index: 6.89 C K Index: -11.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12032.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.35 mb = 3011.98 m = 9881.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.4 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 343.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -5.9 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 11.59 m/s