MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 43.29,-94.53 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 965 373 25.9 21.0 75 4.8 22.3 148 9 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.7 16.45 2 950 507 27.7 19.3 60 8.4 21.7 161 19 305.3 308.0 296.6 350.0 14.96 3 900 986 25.5 16.5 57 9.0 19.2 191 29 307.8 310.3 296.1 347.7 13.21 4 850 1487 22.1 14.9 64 7.2 17.2 211 33 309.3 311.7 296.1 347.6 12.61 5 800 2011 18.5 13.1 71 5.4 14.9 232 34 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.5 11.96 6 750 2562 14.5 10.0 74 4.5 11.6 246 34 312.3 314.3 295.4 344.3 10.37 7 700 3144 12.5 -5.4 28 17.9 3.6 254 21 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.64 8 650 3759 7.6 -7.8 33 15.4 0.4 254 26 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.2 3.26 9 600 4412 1.8 -7.6 49 9.5 -2.5 252 32 318.3 318.9 291.7 330.0 3.60 10 550 5105 -4.3 -8.0 76 3.6 -6.0 262 38 318.9 319.7 292.1 331.4 3.81 11 500 5849 -10.0 -17.6 54 7.6 -12.6 267 38 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.3 1.92 12 450 6652 -15.9 -28.0 35 12.1 -18.7 271 37 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.3 0.85 13 400 7527 -22.8 -31.4 45 8.6 -24.4 272 39 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.69 14 350 8491 -30.3 -38.4 45 8.2 -31.3 267 40 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.4 0.39 15 300 9567 -38.9 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.9 269 42 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10795 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 276 48 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12226 -58.6 -60.8 75 2.2 -58.6 276 51 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14035 -59.1 -77.3 8 18.2 -59.3 267 40 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16571 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.6 256 16 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.36 m Freezing level: 585.07 mb = 4618.80 m = 15153.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.53 mb = 3840.74 m = 12600.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.05 mb = 995.16 m = 3264.91 ft T: 25.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 22.62 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.31 mb = 2614.92 m = 8579.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.44 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 29.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2531.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.54 mb = 1908.57 m = 6261.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.54 mb = 3827.96 m = 12558.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.54 mb = 13081.98 m = 42919.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2484.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.5 neg: -25.0 tot: 396.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.46 Bulk Rich Number: 18.54 Bulk Shear: 136.57 m/s