MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 47.61,-95.64 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 968 413 16.5 6.7 52 9.7 11.0 189 6 292.4 293.5 285.6 310.8 6.39 2 950 571 20.5 7.5 43 13.0 12.9 212 18 298.0 299.2 288.1 318.2 6.86 3 900 1041 22.6 9.3 43 13.4 14.3 237 18 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.4 8.17 4 850 1536 20.1 8.8 48 11.2 13.1 240 13 307.2 308.7 292.4 332.6 8.40 5 800 2055 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 10.7 225 11 307.8 309.3 292.4 332.7 8.21 6 750 2599 11.3 2.9 56 8.4 6.6 221 15 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.3 6.29 7 700 3171 7.5 -7.0 35 14.5 0.8 236 15 310.8 311.4 289.0 321.0 3.23 8 650 3776 2.7 -12.1 33 14.8 -3.2 238 11 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.6 2.33 9 600 4417 -2.2 -16.8 32 14.6 -7.3 254 12 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.2 1.71 10 550 5102 -6.6 -24.0 24 17.4 -11.5 271 14 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 1.00 11 500 5839 -11.2 -28.7 22 17.5 -15.3 268 16 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.71 12 450 6640 -16.3 -29.1 32 12.8 -19.1 255 20 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.5 0.76 13 400 7514 -22.9 -29.3 56 6.4 -24.1 254 21 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.85 14 350 8479 -30.1 -31.0 92 0.9 -30.2 254 26 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.2 0.82 15 300 9558 -38.2 -39.6 87 1.4 -38.4 260 29 331.5 331.5 292.5 333.0 0.41 16 250 10784 -48.7 -48.9 98 0.2 -48.7 258 33 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12216 -56.8 -62.6 48 5.8 -56.9 249 39 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14022 -59.7 -77.6 8 17.9 -59.9 258 40 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16529 -63.3 -83.3 5 20.0 -63.5 280 24 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.86 m Freezing level: 622.45 mb = 4129.08 m = 13546.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.61 mb = 3293.24 m = 10804.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.08 mb = 1677.57 m = 5503.78 ft T: 18.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.51 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.74 mb = 3642.12 m = 11949.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lifted Index: 2.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.24 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 25.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6573.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.22 mb = 2495.97 m = 8188.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.5 neg: -13.7 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.54 Bulk Shear: 7.26 m/s