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: 48.24,-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 45 SFC 963 364 15.9 5.8 51 10.0 10.3 315 14 292.1 293.2 285.1 309.4 6.01 2 950 481 15.7 4.2 46 11.6 9.6 319 22 293.2 294.1 284.9 308.9 5.43 3 900 936 12.2 2.5 51 9.7 7.2 322 31 294.1 295.0 284.9 309.0 5.09 4 850 1414 10.5 2.2 57 8.3 6.2 311 24 297.1 298.1 286.3 312.8 5.29 5 800 1918 9.8 3.3 64 6.5 6.2 270 24 301.6 302.7 288.6 319.7 6.05 6 750 2453 7.5 2.7 71 4.8 4.9 246 34 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.5 6.20 7 700 3017 3.4 -0.3 76 3.7 1.5 243 41 306.3 307.3 289.6 322.7 5.35 8 650 3616 0.4 -10.6 43 11.0 -4.0 244 42 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.8 2.63 9 600 4252 -4.2 -12.1 54 7.9 -7.2 245 48 311.3 311.7 288.5 319.4 2.52 10 550 4932 -9.0 -19.0 44 10.0 -12.1 250 51 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.6 1.55 11 500 5663 -13.6 -25.3 37 11.7 -16.4 258 53 316.5 316.7 288.7 319.9 0.98 12 450 6456 -18.6 -33.7 25 15.1 -21.4 264 57 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.49 13 400 7323 -25.2 -41.5 21 16.2 -27.2 265 54 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.25 14 350 8275 -33.6 -42.6 40 9.0 -34.5 271 56 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.26 15 300 9335 -42.5 -48.7 50 6.2 -42.8 255 54 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.15 16 250 10552 -47.3 -59.9 23 12.5 -47.7 255 62 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12012 -52.2 -70.0 10 17.8 -52.5 266 53 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13847 -57.3 -78.4 5 21.1 -57.6 275 59 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16389 -60.2 -83.8 3 23.6 -60.5 258 40 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.23 m Freezing level: 645.27 mb = 3675.89 m = 12059.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.14 mb = 3178.93 m = 10429.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.21 mb = 1629.80 m = 5347.03 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.71 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.07 mb = 3965.00 m = 13008.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.19 F Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lifted Index: 9.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.82 C Showalter Index: 7.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 15.79 C K Index: 22.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12294.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.51 mb = 2101.12 m = 6893.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 7.9 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.2 neg: -70.5 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 167.60 m/s