MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 43.56,-92.4 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -92.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 964 389 28.0 22.6 73 5.4 24.0 190 10 304.3 307.7 298.4 358.5 18.17 2 950 516 26.9 20.4 67 6.5 22.2 192 17 304.5 307.5 297.1 352.3 16.05 3 900 992 22.8 18.4 76 4.4 19.7 196 25 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.7 14.96 4 850 1489 20.2 15.1 72 5.1 16.7 207 39 307.3 309.7 295.7 346.0 12.81 5 800 2012 18.8 10.8 60 8.0 13.6 220 44 311.2 313.1 294.9 342.5 10.20 6 750 2564 16.2 8.5 60 7.8 11.3 231 40 314.2 316.0 295.1 343.2 9.31 7 700 3148 12.1 6.1 67 6.0 8.5 238 37 315.9 317.6 295.0 342.6 8.50 8 650 3764 7.2 3.5 77 3.8 5.0 246 34 317.1 318.6 294.6 341.1 7.58 9 600 4418 1.9 -1.6 77 3.5 0.0 254 36 318.3 319.4 293.4 336.5 5.67 10 550 5113 -3.0 -12.7 47 9.7 -6.9 259 31 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.2 2.62 11 500 5860 -8.8 -16.4 54 7.6 -11.5 263 29 322.3 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.13 12 450 6666 -15.1 -20.8 62 5.7 -16.8 271 34 324.3 324.6 291.7 329.9 1.62 13 400 7546 -21.1 -27.5 56 6.4 -22.5 254 39 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.2 1.00 14 350 8516 -29.4 -29.8 96 0.4 -29.5 251 45 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.4 0.92 15 300 9598 -37.6 -37.7 99 0.1 -37.7 260 43 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.2 0.50 16 250 10827 -47.6 -47.9 97 0.3 -47.6 274 60 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.20 17 200 12258 -60.4 -60.6 97 0.2 -60.4 280 62 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.05 18 150 14042 -60.6 -76.2 11 15.6 -60.8 268 48 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16553 -61.5 -83.7 4 22.1 -61.7 253 27 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.36 m Freezing level: 580.66 mb = 4686.74 m = 15376.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.65 mb = 4422.40 m = 14509.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.77 mb = 1072.06 m = 3517.21 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 15.96 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2646.36 m = 8682.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.00 C = 100.40 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2723.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.38 mb = 1525.91 m = 5006.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.38 mb = 3620.06 m = 11876.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.38 mb = 13215.22 m = 43356.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2705.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 358.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.74 Bulk Rich Number: 35.34 Bulk Shear: 77.06 m/s