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,-94.45 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 965 371 25.5 21.1 77 4.4 22.3 145 8 301.7 304.7 296.7 350.4 16.53 2 950 508 27.1 19.3 62 7.8 21.6 160 18 304.7 307.5 296.5 349.6 15.04 3 900 986 25.1 16.6 59 8.5 19.2 192 28 307.4 309.8 296.1 347.4 13.29 4 850 1486 21.9 14.9 65 7.0 17.1 214 32 309.1 311.4 296.1 347.4 12.63 5 800 2011 18.4 13.1 71 5.3 14.8 235 33 310.8 313.1 296.0 347.3 11.93 6 750 2561 14.7 8.9 68 5.8 11.0 245 33 312.5 314.3 294.8 342.1 9.57 7 700 3143 12.3 -6.3 27 18.6 3.2 252 21 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.1 3.41 8 650 3758 7.3 -8.7 31 16.0 0.0 254 25 317.3 317.8 290.9 327.2 3.05 9 600 4410 1.7 -8.2 48 9.9 -2.7 252 32 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.44 10 550 5103 -4.3 -8.6 72 4.3 -6.2 263 39 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.8 3.63 11 500 5846 -10.0 -19.2 47 9.2 -13.0 267 39 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.5 1.67 12 450 6649 -16.0 -27.9 35 11.8 -18.8 271 38 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.1 0.86 13 400 7524 -22.9 -31.7 45 8.7 -24.5 272 39 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.68 14 350 8488 -30.3 -39.9 39 9.6 -31.4 266 40 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 15 300 9564 -39.0 -39.1 99 0.1 -38.9 268 41 330.5 330.5 292.3 332.1 0.43 16 250 10791 -47.8 -47.9 99 0.1 -47.9 275 48 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12222 -58.6 -60.9 75 2.3 -58.6 275 51 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14031 -58.7 -77.4 7 18.7 -58.9 266 40 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16569 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.7 -60.5 254 16 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.78 m Freezing level: 585.74 mb = 4607.45 m = 15116.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.64 mb = 3762.27 m = 12343.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.66 % Est. max temperature: 33.98 C = 93.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.59 mb = 931.31 m = 3055.43 ft T: 25.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.24 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2627.34 m = 8619.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.59 C = 97.86 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 28.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2500.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.84 mb = 1840.99 m = 6039.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.84 mb = 3873.39 m = 12707.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.84 mb = 12855.16 m = 42175.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2483.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.8 neg: -27.8 tot: 382.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.25 Bulk Rich Number: 18.19 Bulk Shear: 137.46 m/s