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: 43.5,-94.29 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 363 26.1 22.3 79 3.8 23.3 33 7 302.5 305.8 297.8 355.3 17.86 2 950 484 27.4 20.9 68 6.5 22.7 47 8 305.0 308.1 297.6 354.6 16.62 3 900 963 25.9 17.7 60 8.2 20.1 165 5 308.2 310.9 297.0 351.5 14.29 4 850 1466 23.1 15.1 60 8.1 17.6 188 17 310.4 312.8 296.5 349.4 12.77 5 800 1992 18.9 13.0 69 5.9 15.0 197 28 311.3 313.6 296.1 347.7 11.86 6 750 2543 14.3 11.3 82 3.0 12.3 205 34 312.1 314.2 296.0 346.9 11.31 7 700 3123 10.0 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 217 35 313.5 315.5 295.7 345.9 10.46 8 650 3735 5.6 4.6 93 1.0 5.1 226 39 315.3 316.9 294.6 341.1 8.23 9 600 4386 1.8 -2.6 72 4.5 -0.4 216 43 318.2 319.3 293.1 335.1 5.26 10 550 5082 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.4 -4.8 212 43 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.2 4.26 11 500 5829 -8.7 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.4 215 45 322.5 323.1 292.7 333.9 3.45 12 450 6635 -14.9 -16.5 87 1.7 -15.4 214 45 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.33 13 400 7515 -21.1 -22.4 89 1.3 -21.4 222 51 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.2 1.59 14 350 8488 -27.6 -28.2 95 0.6 -27.8 226 41 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.07 15 300 9577 -36.0 -36.4 95 0.5 -36.0 235 44 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.8 0.56 16 250 10814 -46.4 -46.6 97 0.2 -46.4 248 38 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.0 0.23 17 200 12261 -56.5 -56.6 99 0.1 -56.5 275 75 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 14064 -58.9 -60.9 78 1.9 -59.0 289 33 368.5 368.5 300.4 368.8 0.07 19 100 16569 -62.6 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.8 251 31 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.60 m Freezing level: 581.80 mb = 4639.45 m = 15221.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.08 mb = 4331.15 m = 14209.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.41 % Est. max temperature: 34.60 C = 94.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.27 mb = 853.22 m = 2799.25 ft T: 26.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.86 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.77 mb = 2343.09 m = 7687.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.35 C = 95.62 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 46.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2664.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.65 mb = 1781.36 m = 5844.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.65 mb = 2716.80 m = 8913.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.65 mb = 13110.43 m = 43012.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2637.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 292.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.53 Bulk Shear: 196.90 m/s