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: 43.56,-94.29 Latitude: 43.56 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 38 SFC 964 357 25.7 22.2 81 3.5 23.2 20 6 302.0 305.2 297.5 354.4 17.74 2 950 486 26.8 20.9 70 5.9 22.5 29 6 304.3 307.4 297.4 353.7 16.55 3 900 964 25.2 17.7 63 7.5 19.9 196 4 307.5 310.2 296.8 350.7 14.32 4 850 1466 22.5 15.2 64 7.3 17.5 196 16 309.7 312.1 296.4 349.0 12.91 5 800 1991 18.4 13.0 71 5.4 14.8 200 28 310.8 313.0 296.0 347.1 11.89 6 750 2541 13.9 11.1 83 2.8 12.1 207 34 311.7 313.8 295.7 346.0 11.16 7 700 3120 9.7 8.8 94 1.0 9.1 217 35 313.2 315.2 295.4 344.8 10.19 8 650 3732 5.5 4.4 92 1.1 4.8 225 39 315.2 316.7 294.4 340.5 8.07 9 600 4383 1.9 -2.5 73 4.4 -0.4 216 43 318.3 319.3 293.2 335.4 5.31 10 550 5079 -3.0 -6.4 78 3.3 -4.6 213 43 320.5 321.3 292.9 334.5 4.31 11 500 5826 -8.5 -10.3 87 1.8 -9.2 215 44 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.3 3.51 12 450 6633 -14.5 -16.2 87 1.6 -15.1 215 44 325.0 325.4 292.6 333.1 2.41 13 400 7514 -20.7 -21.9 90 1.3 -21.0 222 48 328.1 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.65 14 350 8487 -27.2 -27.8 95 0.6 -27.3 226 39 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.1 1.11 15 300 9578 -35.6 -36.1 95 0.5 -35.7 234 42 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.59 16 250 10818 -46.0 -46.2 97 0.2 -46.0 247 37 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.7 0.24 17 200 12266 -56.4 -56.4 99 0.1 -56.3 273 71 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.09 18 150 14067 -59.8 -61.5 81 1.7 -59.8 285 33 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.4 0.07 19 100 16569 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 252 30 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.42 m Freezing level: 580.77 mb = 4650.50 m = 15257.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.74 mb = 4332.38 m = 14213.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.25 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.66 mb = 802.10 m = 2631.54 ft T: 25.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.51 mb = 2266.80 m = 7436.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.73 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 45.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2430.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.80 mb = 1684.38 m = 5526.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.80 mb = 2724.24 m = 8937.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.80 mb = 13145.38 m = 43127.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2396.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.8 neg: -6.2 tot: 253.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.20 Bulk Rich Number: 12.76 Bulk Shear: 190.51 m/s