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,-94.61 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 964 382 26.0 20.9 74 5.1 22.3 149 9 302.3 305.4 296.8 350.7 16.37 2 950 506 27.7 19.3 60 8.4 21.7 160 18 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.1 14.97 3 900 985 25.7 16.5 57 9.2 19.3 190 29 308.0 310.4 296.1 347.9 13.19 4 850 1486 22.3 14.8 63 7.5 17.2 211 32 309.5 311.9 296.1 347.7 12.56 5 800 2011 18.7 13.1 70 5.6 14.9 231 34 311.0 313.3 296.1 347.5 11.92 6 750 2562 14.6 10.2 75 4.4 11.7 244 34 312.4 314.4 295.4 344.6 10.47 7 700 3143 12.4 -5.5 28 18.0 3.6 253 22 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.0 3.62 8 650 3759 7.5 -7.9 33 15.4 0.4 253 25 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.1 3.25 9 600 4411 1.9 -7.7 49 9.6 -2.6 252 32 318.3 319.0 291.7 329.9 3.56 10 550 5105 -4.3 -8.1 75 3.8 -6.0 261 38 319.0 319.7 292.1 331.3 3.78 11 500 5848 -10.0 -17.9 52 7.9 -12.6 267 38 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.2 1.87 12 450 6652 -15.9 -28.1 34 12.2 -18.7 270 37 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.3 0.84 13 400 7527 -22.7 -31.4 45 8.6 -24.4 271 39 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.69 14 350 8491 -30.3 -37.8 48 7.6 -31.3 267 40 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.42 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 -47.8 277 49 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12226 -58.6 -60.7 77 2.1 -58.7 277 52 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14035 -59.1 -77.3 8 18.2 -59.3 268 40 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16570 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.6 259 16 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.10 m Freezing level: 584.89 mb = 4620.90 m = 15160.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.66 mb = 3838.77 m = 12594.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.99 mb = 1033.85 m = 3391.87 ft T: 25.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2654.54 m = 8709.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.53 C = 97.76 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 29.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2539.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.60 mb = 1939.66 m = 6363.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.60 mb = 3864.91 m = 12680.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.60 mb = 12832.71 m = 42101.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2532.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 274.6 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): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.6 neg: -24.1 tot: 389.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.37 Bulk Rich Number: 18.74 Bulk Shear: 135.52 m/s