MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 43.29,-94.14 Latitude: 43.29 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 37 SFC 964 355 26.9 22.1 75 4.9 23.4 129 5 303.2 306.5 297.8 355.4 17.57 2 950 487 29.2 19.9 57 9.3 22.5 158 12 306.8 309.7 297.4 353.6 15.55 3 900 969 27.6 16.1 50 11.5 19.6 196 23 310.0 312.4 296.5 349.4 12.93 4 850 1473 24.0 14.1 54 9.9 17.2 205 28 311.3 313.6 296.2 348.1 12.01 5 800 2000 19.4 12.5 64 6.9 14.8 211 34 311.8 314.0 296.0 347.1 11.47 6 750 2551 14.5 11.0 79 3.6 12.2 218 36 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.4 11.04 7 700 3131 10.4 7.9 85 2.5 8.9 230 35 314.0 315.8 295.3 343.9 9.62 8 650 3745 6.5 2.2 74 4.3 4.1 233 38 316.4 317.7 293.9 338.2 6.93 9 600 4398 2.5 -4.4 60 6.9 -0.9 223 39 319.0 319.9 292.8 333.9 4.61 10 550 5095 -3.0 -9.1 63 6.1 -5.7 216 37 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.0 3.49 11 500 5842 -8.7 -12.1 76 3.4 -10.0 219 37 322.5 323.1 292.4 332.6 3.03 12 450 6649 -14.7 -16.5 86 1.7 -15.3 222 39 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.34 13 400 7530 -20.8 -23.5 79 2.7 -21.5 229 46 327.9 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.43 14 350 8503 -27.6 -28.9 89 1.3 -27.9 236 41 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.1 1.00 15 300 9593 -36.0 -36.9 92 0.9 -36.1 243 41 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.6 0.54 16 250 10831 -46.6 -47.0 95 0.5 -46.6 252 41 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.22 17 200 12277 -56.7 -56.8 99 0.1 -56.7 278 63 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.09 18 150 14074 -61.0 -63.4 73 2.4 -61.0 285 31 365.0 365.1 299.7 365.3 0.05 19 100 16571 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 255 32 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.93 m Freezing level: 577.18 mb = 4716.06 m = 15472.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.21 mb = 4273.84 m = 14021.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.92 % Est. max temperature: 35.29 C = 95.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.26 mb = 985.59 m = 3233.51 ft T: 27.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 23.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2564.37 m = 8413.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.02 C = 96.84 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 44.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2368.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.67 mb = 2121.49 m = 6960.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.67 mb = 2968.72 m = 9739.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.67 mb = 13158.53 m = 43170.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2339.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.52 Bulk Rich Number: 26.96 Bulk Shear: 87.87 m/s