MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 48.24,-95.14 Latitude: 48.24 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 961 364 17.6 10.3 62 7.3 13.2 174 14 294.1 295.5 287.9 317.6 8.18 2 950 461 18.4 9.6 57 8.8 13.1 177 23 295.8 297.3 288.3 318.8 7.92 3 900 924 19.6 8.0 47 11.6 12.6 206 42 301.7 303.1 289.9 323.9 7.47 4 850 1416 18.0 4.4 40 13.6 10.2 234 38 305.0 306.1 289.9 323.7 6.16 5 800 1930 13.6 3.3 50 10.3 7.9 250 37 305.6 306.7 290.0 324.1 6.08 6 750 2469 8.4 2.7 67 5.7 5.3 254 37 305.7 306.9 290.2 324.6 6.22 7 700 3035 3.7 0.2 78 3.5 1.9 252 37 306.6 307.6 289.9 323.6 5.54 8 650 3634 0.6 -7.9 53 8.5 -3.1 243 33 309.6 310.2 288.7 319.9 3.24 9 600 4271 -3.7 -17.2 34 13.5 -8.2 242 33 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.4 1.66 10 550 4952 -8.6 -21.3 35 12.7 -12.3 241 34 313.9 314.1 288.1 318.2 1.27 11 500 5683 -13.5 -24.8 38 11.3 -16.4 242 41 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.0 1.02 12 450 6476 -18.8 -30.1 36 11.3 -21.0 246 48 319.6 319.8 289.4 322.1 0.70 13 400 7343 -24.7 -32.3 49 7.6 -26.0 244 54 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.2 0.63 14 350 8301 -31.5 -38.1 52 6.5 -32.3 240 58 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.41 15 300 9373 -39.7 -42.4 75 2.7 -39.9 237 62 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.30 16 250 10594 -49.2 -51.7 75 2.5 -49.3 234 66 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.13 17 200 12036 -54.1 -65.7 23 11.6 -54.3 245 62 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 13869 -57.6 -79.7 4 22.2 -57.8 250 64 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16401 -61.0 -83.6 3 22.7 -61.2 261 33 409.9 409.9 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.78 m Freezing level: 643.20 mb = 3720.33 m = 12205.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.98 mb = 3257.43 m = 10686.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.58 mb = 1299.38 m = 4262.99 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.64 mb = 2957.40 m = 9702.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7839.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.45 mb = 2212.21 m = 7257.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.7 neg: -17.2 tot: 446.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 104.77 m/s