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: 43.43,-94.14 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 967 354 25.2 20.8 77 4.4 22.1 149 8 301.2 304.2 296.4 348.9 16.20 2 950 512 26.5 19.0 63 7.5 21.2 164 19 304.1 306.8 296.1 347.9 14.70 3 900 989 24.7 16.6 61 8.1 19.1 198 28 306.9 309.4 296.0 347.0 13.31 4 850 1489 21.2 15.1 68 6.1 17.1 217 32 308.4 310.8 296.0 347.2 12.82 5 800 2012 18.0 13.2 73 4.8 14.8 240 34 310.3 312.6 296.0 347.0 12.01 6 750 2562 15.2 5.7 53 9.5 9.5 248 29 313.1 314.5 293.6 337.0 7.67 7 700 3144 12.3 -6.0 27 18.3 3.4 252 20 316.1 316.7 291.0 327.3 3.49 8 650 3759 7.3 -8.4 32 15.7 0.1 255 25 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.3 3.11 9 600 4411 1.6 -7.9 49 9.5 -2.7 252 31 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.4 3.52 10 550 5104 -4.5 -8.0 76 3.5 -6.1 262 38 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.1 3.80 11 500 5847 -10.2 -17.4 56 7.2 -12.6 269 41 320.6 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.95 12 450 6649 -16.2 -27.6 37 11.5 -18.8 273 39 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.88 13 400 7524 -22.9 -32.6 41 9.7 -24.6 271 39 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.62 14 350 8488 -30.1 -42.4 29 12.3 -31.4 264 40 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.26 15 300 9565 -38.9 -39.8 91 0.9 -38.9 267 41 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.40 16 250 10792 -47.8 -48.2 95 0.4 -47.8 276 47 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.19 17 200 12224 -58.3 -61.1 70 2.8 -58.4 275 49 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 18 150 14032 -58.9 -77.3 7 18.5 -59.1 266 40 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16572 -60.7 -83.8 3 23.1 -61.0 244 13 410.4 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.00 m Freezing level: 587.06 mb = 4589.96 m = 15058.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.61 mb = 3776.42 m = 12389.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.14 mb = 919.58 m = 3016.96 ft T: 24.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 19.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2789.29 m = 9151.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.13 C = 100.63 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 28.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2338.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.58 mb = 1771.62 m = 5812.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.58 mb = 3915.96 m = 12847.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.58 mb = 12970.90 m = 42554.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2293.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.58 mb = 16114.35 m = 52867.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.1 neg: -24.0 tot: 359.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.54 Bulk Rich Number: 17.83 Bulk Shear: 131.15 m/s