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,-94.37 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.9 22.1 80 3.8 23.1 20 8 302.3 305.5 297.5 354.3 17.61 2 950 484 26.9 21.0 70 5.9 22.6 28 11 304.5 307.6 297.5 354.3 16.71 3 900 962 25.5 18.0 63 7.5 20.2 97 3 307.7 310.5 297.0 351.8 14.59 4 850 1464 22.9 15.3 62 7.6 17.6 180 15 310.1 312.5 296.5 349.5 12.94 5 800 1990 18.8 13.1 70 5.6 15.0 192 28 311.1 313.4 296.1 347.8 11.95 6 750 2541 14.2 11.4 83 2.8 12.4 201 34 312.0 314.2 296.0 347.0 11.38 7 700 3120 10.1 9.2 94 0.9 9.5 212 36 313.6 315.6 295.7 346.1 10.47 8 650 3733 5.7 4.8 94 0.9 5.2 221 40 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.6 8.35 9 600 4384 1.5 -1.8 79 3.3 -0.2 213 44 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.8 5.60 10 550 5079 -3.3 -5.6 85 2.2 -4.4 211 45 320.1 321.0 293.1 335.1 4.60 11 500 5825 -8.6 -10.0 89 1.4 -9.2 214 47 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.4 3.57 12 450 6632 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.3 213 47 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.7 2.37 13 400 7512 -21.2 -22.4 90 1.2 -21.5 219 51 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.1 1.59 14 350 8484 -27.6 -28.1 96 0.4 -27.8 223 42 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.09 15 300 9572 -36.0 -36.3 97 0.3 -36.0 232 45 334.7 334.8 293.5 336.8 0.57 16 250 10810 -46.3 -46.4 98 0.1 -46.3 247 40 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12255 -56.7 -56.7 99 0.1 -56.7 274 72 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.09 18 150 14060 -58.1 -60.2 77 2.1 -58.2 285 35 369.9 370.0 300.6 370.3 0.08 19 100 16570 -62.9 -83.6 4 20.7 -63.1 248 31 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.33 m Freezing level: 584.31 mb = 4601.59 m = 15096.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.99 mb = 4356.61 m = 14293.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.18 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.96 mb = 855.08 m = 2805.33 ft T: 25.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 21.68 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2299.74 m = 7544.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.12 C = 95.22 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 45.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2660.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.49 mb = 1707.24 m = 5601.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.49 mb = 2750.66 m = 9024.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.49 mb = 13220.00 m = 43372.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2609.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 339.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.67 Bulk Rich Number: 11.63 Bulk Shear: 228.64 m/s