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: 43.5,-94.37 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 965 367 25.3 21.0 77 4.2 22.2 144 8 301.4 304.5 296.6 349.9 16.48 2 950 509 26.8 19.3 64 7.5 21.5 159 18 304.4 307.1 296.4 349.1 15.01 3 900 987 24.8 16.6 60 8.2 19.1 193 28 307.1 309.6 296.0 347.3 13.32 4 850 1486 21.7 15.0 66 6.7 17.1 215 32 308.8 311.2 296.0 347.3 12.68 5 800 2010 18.3 13.1 71 5.2 14.8 237 33 310.7 313.0 296.0 347.2 11.92 6 750 2561 14.9 7.6 62 7.2 10.4 245 32 312.7 314.4 294.3 339.9 8.78 7 700 3142 12.2 -6.8 26 19.1 3.1 251 20 316.0 316.7 290.7 326.6 3.27 8 650 3757 7.2 -9.1 30 16.3 -0.2 255 25 317.1 317.7 290.8 326.8 2.96 9 600 4409 1.6 -8.3 48 9.9 -2.9 252 32 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.1 3.41 10 550 5102 -4.3 -8.8 71 4.5 -6.2 263 40 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.7 3.58 11 500 5845 -10.1 -19.9 45 9.8 -13.1 267 40 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.1 1.58 12 450 6648 -16.1 -27.8 36 11.7 -18.8 272 39 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.86 13 400 7522 -23.0 -32.0 44 9.0 -24.6 272 39 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.5 0.66 14 350 8486 -30.2 -40.8 35 10.6 -31.5 265 40 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.31 15 300 9562 -39.0 -39.3 97 0.3 -39.0 268 41 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.42 16 250 10789 -47.8 -48.0 98 0.1 -47.9 275 48 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12220 -58.5 -60.9 74 2.4 -58.6 275 51 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 18 150 14029 -58.6 -77.5 7 18.9 -58.8 266 40 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16569 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.5 252 15 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.53 m Freezing level: 586.29 mb = 4598.79 m = 15087.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.42 mb = 3726.36 m = 12225.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.06 mb = 907.79 m = 2978.26 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 20.69 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2675.85 m = 8778.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.08 C = 98.74 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 27.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2457.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.70 mb = 1800.06 m = 5905.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.70 mb = 3823.84 m = 12545.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.70 mb = 12720.36 m = 41732.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2456.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.5 neg: -27.9 tot: 368.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.99 Bulk Rich Number: 18.01 Bulk Shear: 136.46 m/s