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: 43.50,-94.33 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 365 26.0 22.2 80 3.8 23.2 26 7 302.4 305.7 297.7 354.8 17.73 2 950 484 27.1 21.0 69 6.2 22.6 36 9 304.7 307.8 297.6 354.5 16.67 3 900 963 25.7 17.8 62 7.8 20.2 143 3 308.0 310.7 297.0 351.6 14.44 4 850 1465 23.0 15.2 61 7.8 17.6 184 16 310.2 312.7 296.5 349.5 12.86 5 800 1991 18.8 13.1 69 5.8 15.0 194 28 311.2 313.5 296.1 347.7 11.91 6 750 2542 14.3 11.4 83 2.9 12.4 203 34 312.1 314.2 296.0 347.0 11.35 7 700 3121 10.0 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 214 35 313.6 315.6 295.7 346.0 10.46 8 650 3734 5.7 4.7 94 0.9 5.1 223 39 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.4 8.29 9 600 4385 1.7 -2.2 75 3.9 -0.3 215 43 318.1 319.1 293.2 335.4 5.43 10 550 5080 -3.3 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.6 212 44 320.2 321.1 293.0 334.6 4.43 11 500 5827 -8.6 -10.2 88 1.6 -9.3 214 46 322.5 323.2 292.8 334.1 3.51 12 450 6634 -14.8 -16.4 88 1.6 -15.4 213 46 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.6 2.35 13 400 7514 -21.1 -22.4 90 1.3 -21.4 221 51 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.1 1.59 14 350 8486 -27.6 -28.1 95 0.5 -27.8 225 41 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.08 15 300 9575 -36.0 -36.3 96 0.4 -36.0 233 44 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.8 0.57 16 250 10812 -46.3 -46.5 98 0.2 -46.3 247 39 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.23 17 200 12258 -56.6 -56.7 99 0.1 -56.6 275 73 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.09 18 150 14062 -58.5 -60.5 78 2.0 -58.6 287 34 369.2 369.2 300.5 369.6 0.07 19 100 16569 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 250 31 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.96 m Freezing level: 583.03 mb = 4620.82 m = 15159.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.04 mb = 4343.73 m = 14250.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.48 C = 94.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.11 mb = 854.15 m = 2802.30 ft T: 26.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.27 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2321.39 m = 7616.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 45.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2664.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.10 mb = 1743.96 m = 5721.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.10 mb = 2790.91 m = 9156.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.10 mb = 12985.48 m = 42602.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2651.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 311.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.31 Bulk Rich Number: 12.58 Bulk Shear: 211.88 m/s