MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 44.98,-93.51 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 984 289 27.8 12.4 38 15.4 17.8 161 8 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.6 9.21 2 950 601 24.3 11.0 43 13.3 15.9 164 12 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.6 8.68 3 900 1071 19.9 10.2 54 9.7 13.8 168 11 302.0 303.6 291.1 327.8 8.71 4 850 1563 18.8 6.7 45 12.1 11.6 205 8 305.8 307.2 291.0 327.7 7.24 5 800 2080 15.6 -0.3 34 16.0 7.2 221 5 307.8 308.7 289.5 322.2 4.67 6 750 2623 11.3 -3.5 35 14.8 4.0 235 4 308.8 309.6 289.1 321.1 3.92 7 700 3193 6.5 -6.6 39 13.0 0.5 236 3 309.6 310.3 288.8 320.2 3.34 8 650 3796 2.6 -14.5 27 17.1 -3.8 217 4 311.9 312.3 288.1 318.2 1.92 9 600 4439 -0.7 -23.8 15 23.1 -7.7 216 8 315.3 315.5 288.2 318.5 0.93 10 550 5128 -4.6 -31.1 11 26.5 -11.1 225 16 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.4 0.52 11 500 5872 -9.0 -39.8 6 30.8 -14.7 223 25 322.1 322.2 289.7 323.0 0.24 12 450 6678 -14.4 -43.0 7 28.5 -19.0 224 31 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.19 13 400 7559 -21.0 -44.1 11 23.0 -24.1 225 32 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.19 14 350 8531 -27.9 -35.7 47 7.8 -29.0 229 24 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.1 0.52 15 300 9618 -36.7 -40.9 65 4.2 -37.1 230 29 333.6 333.7 293.0 335.0 0.36 16 250 10854 -47.0 -49.1 79 2.1 -47.1 254 27 336.2 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.18 17 200 12297 -55.9 -60.7 55 4.8 -56.0 232 36 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14098 -60.8 -75.6 12 14.8 -61.0 252 29 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16593 -65.3 -83.6 6 18.3 -65.4 256 18 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.98 m Freezing level: 610.73 mb = 4301.19 m = 14111.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.37 mb = 3259.16 m = 10692.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.79 mb = 2230.51 m = 7317.85 ft T: 14.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3181.88 m = 10439.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.18 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 15.61 C K Index: 21.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5791.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.19 mb = 2301.55 m = 7550.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 10.12 m/s