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: 43.43,-94.22 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 964 359 26.5 22.3 78 4.2 23.5 65 5 302.8 306.1 297.9 355.9 17.89 2 950 485 28.2 20.6 63 7.6 22.7 106 6 305.8 308.8 297.6 354.6 16.27 3 900 966 26.7 17.1 56 9.6 19.9 188 12 309.0 311.6 296.8 350.8 13.75 4 850 1469 23.5 14.7 58 8.8 17.5 197 21 310.8 313.1 296.4 348.9 12.46 5 800 1995 19.1 12.8 67 6.3 14.9 204 30 311.5 313.8 296.1 347.4 11.69 6 750 2547 14.4 11.2 81 3.3 12.3 212 35 312.2 314.4 295.9 346.7 11.19 7 700 3126 10.1 8.8 92 1.3 9.3 223 35 313.7 315.6 295.6 345.3 10.22 8 650 3739 5.9 3.9 87 2.0 4.7 230 38 315.6 317.1 294.3 340.1 7.80 9 600 4391 2.2 -3.5 66 5.7 -0.7 219 41 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.5 4.92 10 550 5087 -3.1 -7.7 71 4.6 -5.2 214 40 320.4 321.2 292.6 333.2 3.91 11 500 5834 -8.7 -11.0 83 2.3 -9.6 217 42 322.4 323.1 292.6 333.4 3.30 12 450 6641 -14.8 -16.7 86 1.8 -15.4 217 42 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.5 2.31 13 400 7522 -21.0 -22.8 85 1.8 -21.4 225 49 327.7 328.0 292.6 333.1 1.53 14 350 8494 -27.6 -28.5 93 0.8 -27.8 230 40 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.3 1.04 15 300 9584 -36.0 -36.6 94 0.6 -36.1 238 42 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.7 0.55 16 250 10822 -46.5 -46.8 96 0.4 -46.5 250 38 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12268 -56.5 -56.6 99 0.1 -56.5 277 72 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 14069 -59.9 -61.9 77 2.0 -60.0 290 31 366.8 366.8 300.1 367.1 0.06 19 100 16570 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.7 253 31 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.00 m Freezing level: 579.40 mb = 4678.02 m = 15347.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.57 mb = 4302.44 m = 14115.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.92 C = 94.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.43 mb = 892.53 m = 2928.21 ft T: 26.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 22.64 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2431.71 m = 7977.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.68 C = 96.22 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 45.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2581.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.89 mb = 1920.73 m = 6301.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.89 mb = 2867.63 m = 9408.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.89 mb = 13216.12 m = 43359.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2544.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 265.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 19.17 Bulk Shear: 134.65 m/s