MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 48.15,-93.12 Latitude: 48.15 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 959 389 13.0 7.7 70 5.3 10.0 182 9 289.6 290.8 285.0 309.2 6.89 2 950 471 13.5 7.5 67 5.9 10.1 185 17 290.8 292.1 285.5 310.4 6.86 3 900 928 17.3 9.1 59 8.2 12.3 213 45 299.3 300.8 289.7 323.1 8.08 4 850 1417 17.0 4.4 43 12.6 9.9 234 46 304.0 305.1 289.6 322.6 6.17 5 800 1931 13.3 2.5 48 10.8 7.4 246 42 305.3 306.4 289.6 322.8 5.74 6 750 2469 8.6 1.6 61 7.0 4.9 249 37 306.0 307.0 289.8 323.5 5.75 7 700 3035 3.3 0.7 83 2.6 2.0 251 34 306.2 307.3 289.9 323.8 5.77 8 650 3632 -0.3 -5.7 67 5.4 -2.7 243 34 308.7 309.4 288.9 320.7 3.84 9 600 4268 -4.3 -15.0 43 10.7 -8.1 241 35 311.2 311.6 288.0 317.7 1.99 10 550 4947 -8.9 -20.8 38 11.8 -12.4 243 39 313.5 313.7 288.1 317.9 1.33 11 500 5678 -14.0 -23.1 46 9.1 -16.4 246 44 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.1 1.20 12 450 6470 -19.2 -26.7 51 7.6 -20.8 247 49 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.95 13 400 7335 -25.6 -29.0 73 3.4 -26.2 249 53 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.8 0.87 14 350 8289 -32.3 -36.8 65 4.4 -32.9 244 61 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.47 15 300 9358 -40.2 -40.5 97 0.3 -40.2 237 71 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.37 16 250 10576 -49.7 -50.5 91 0.8 -49.7 237 75 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 17 200 12021 -53.2 -69.2 13 16.0 -53.5 250 66 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13857 -56.7 -79.4 4 22.6 -57.1 258 58 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16398 -61.1 -83.7 4 22.6 -61.4 254 37 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.75 m Freezing level: 653.57 mb = 3589.44 m = 11776.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.98 mb = 3280.59 m = 10762.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.60 mb = 1066.08 m = 3497.61 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 0.44 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.20 mb = 2939.44 m = 9643.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lifted Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8967.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.57 mb = 1892.83 m = 6210.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 505.1 neg: -17.0 tot: 488.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 79.28 m/s