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: 43.41,-94.52 Latitude: 43.41 Longitude: -94.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 964 375 25.6 21.1 76 4.5 22.3 145 8 301.8 304.9 296.8 350.6 16.55 2 950 507 27.3 19.4 62 7.9 21.7 159 18 304.9 307.7 296.6 349.9 15.08 3 900 985 25.2 16.5 59 8.7 19.2 191 28 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.6 13.27 4 850 1486 22.0 14.8 64 7.2 17.1 213 32 309.2 311.6 296.1 347.5 12.59 5 800 2010 18.5 13.1 71 5.5 14.9 233 33 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.4 11.92 6 750 2561 14.6 9.5 71 5.1 11.3 245 34 312.4 314.3 295.1 343.2 9.97 7 700 3143 12.3 -6.2 27 18.5 3.3 252 21 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.2 3.43 8 650 3758 7.4 -8.6 31 16.0 0.1 254 25 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.3 3.07 9 600 4410 1.8 -8.2 48 9.9 -2.7 252 32 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.4 3.45 10 550 5103 -4.3 -8.6 71 4.4 -6.2 262 39 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.9 3.62 11 500 5847 -10.0 -19.3 47 9.3 -12.9 266 39 320.8 321.2 290.7 326.5 1.66 12 450 6650 -16.0 -27.9 35 11.9 -18.8 271 38 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.85 13 400 7525 -22.9 -31.5 45 8.6 -24.5 273 39 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.69 14 350 8488 -30.3 -39.2 41 8.9 -31.4 266 40 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.36 15 300 9564 -39.0 -39.0 100 0.0 -38.9 269 41 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.44 16 250 10792 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.9 276 48 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12222 -58.6 -60.8 76 2.2 -58.7 276 51 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14031 -58.8 -77.4 7 18.6 -59.0 266 40 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16569 -60.1 -83.9 3 23.7 -60.4 256 16 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.94 m Freezing level: 585.43 mb = 4611.80 m = 15130.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.61 mb = 3775.24 m = 12385.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.90 mb = 947.16 m = 3107.43 ft T: 25.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.40 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2596.35 m = 8518.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.26 C = 97.26 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 28.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2527.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.47 mb = 1865.90 m = 6121.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.47 mb = 3777.00 m = 12391.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.47 mb = 12938.45 m = 42448.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2499.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.47 mb = 16060.37 m = 52690.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.9 neg: -27.8 tot: 387.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.37 Bulk Rich Number: 18.27 Bulk Shear: 138.30 m/s