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: 43.63,-94.22 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 966 346 25.4 22.3 83 3.1 23.1 15 4 301.5 304.8 297.5 353.9 17.77 2 950 488 26.4 20.8 71 5.7 22.3 22 4 304.0 307.0 297.3 352.9 16.45 3 900 965 24.7 17.6 65 7.1 19.8 213 7 307.0 309.7 296.6 349.9 14.24 4 850 1466 22.0 15.4 66 6.6 17.4 206 17 309.2 311.6 296.4 348.8 13.03 5 800 1990 17.9 13.1 74 4.8 14.7 207 27 310.3 312.5 295.9 346.8 11.96 6 750 2539 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 11.9 212 33 311.3 313.4 295.6 345.3 11.06 7 700 3118 9.5 8.5 94 1.0 8.9 220 34 313.0 314.9 295.3 344.0 10.03 8 650 3729 5.4 4.2 91 1.3 4.7 226 39 315.1 316.7 294.3 340.1 7.96 9 600 4381 2.2 -2.6 70 4.8 -0.3 218 42 318.7 319.7 293.2 335.6 5.27 10 550 5077 -2.7 -6.6 75 3.9 -4.6 214 42 320.8 321.7 293.0 334.7 4.23 11 500 5824 -8.2 -10.1 86 1.9 -9.0 216 43 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.8 3.54 12 450 6632 -14.1 -15.7 88 1.6 -14.7 216 42 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.0 2.50 13 400 7514 -20.1 -21.3 90 1.2 -20.4 223 46 328.9 329.2 293.0 335.0 1.74 14 350 8489 -26.7 -27.3 94 0.6 -26.8 227 37 332.8 333.1 293.6 337.0 1.16 15 300 9581 -35.1 -35.6 95 0.6 -35.1 236 39 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.3 0.61 16 250 10824 -45.5 -45.8 97 0.3 -45.5 249 36 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.25 17 200 12276 -56.0 -56.1 99 0.1 -56.0 273 70 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 18 150 14074 -61.5 -62.9 84 1.3 -61.6 285 32 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.3 0.05 19 100 16568 -62.6 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.8 255 29 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.36 m Freezing level: 577.63 mb = 4692.18 m = 15394.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.74 mb = 4343.53 m = 14250.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.13 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.09 mb = 741.44 m = 2432.51 ft T: 25.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 19.29 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2200.29 m = 7218.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 44.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2178.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.84 mb = 1621.22 m = 5318.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.84 mb = 2653.67 m = 8706.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.84 mb = 12939.85 m = 42453.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2172.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.9 neg: -17.6 tot: 162.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 14.47 Bulk Shear: 150.55 m/s