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: 43.44,-94.39 Latitude: 43.44 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 368 26.0 22.0 78 4.0 23.0 23 7 302.4 305.6 297.5 354.2 17.50 2 950 484 27.2 20.9 68 6.4 22.6 33 9 304.8 307.9 297.5 354.3 16.56 3 900 963 25.8 17.8 61 8.0 20.2 161 3 308.1 310.8 297.0 351.7 14.42 4 850 1465 23.0 15.1 61 7.9 17.6 186 17 310.2 312.6 296.5 349.3 12.82 5 800 1991 18.9 13.0 69 5.8 15.0 194 29 311.3 313.5 296.1 347.6 11.87 6 750 2542 14.3 11.3 82 3.0 12.3 203 34 312.1 314.3 296.0 346.9 11.30 7 700 3122 10.2 9.0 92 1.2 9.4 214 36 313.7 315.7 295.7 345.8 10.34 8 650 3735 6.0 4.4 90 1.5 5.1 221 39 315.7 317.3 294.6 341.2 8.12 9 600 4386 1.6 -1.8 78 3.4 -0.2 213 43 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.8 5.59 10 550 5081 -3.4 -5.5 85 2.1 -4.4 211 44 320.1 321.0 293.1 335.1 4.62 11 500 5827 -8.6 -10.0 90 1.4 -9.2 215 46 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.4 3.59 12 450 6634 -14.8 -16.4 88 1.6 -15.3 214 46 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.37 13 400 7515 -21.2 -22.7 88 1.5 -21.5 220 50 327.5 327.8 292.5 332.9 1.55 14 350 8486 -27.7 -28.1 97 0.4 -27.8 225 43 331.4 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.09 15 300 9575 -36.0 -36.3 98 0.2 -36.0 233 44 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.57 16 250 10812 -46.3 -46.5 98 0.2 -46.3 247 42 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.23 17 200 12257 -56.8 -56.9 99 0.1 -56.8 274 67 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.09 18 150 14061 -58.3 -60.5 76 2.1 -58.4 283 36 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.9 0.07 19 100 16570 -63.1 -83.6 5 20.6 -63.3 248 31 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.54 m Freezing level: 584.12 mb = 4606.43 m = 15112.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.03 mb = 4358.16 m = 14298.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.01 mb = 884.30 m = 2901.20 ft T: 26.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 21.53 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.68 mb = 2343.17 m = 7687.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.56 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 45.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2649.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.08 mb = 1765.28 m = 5791.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.08 mb = 2814.41 m = 9233.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.08 mb = 13055.85 m = 42833.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2626.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.4 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 240.4 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 302.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.20 Bulk Rich Number: 12.70 Bulk Shear: 208.72 m/s