MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 44.14,-92.46 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -92.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 969 337 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 151 10 289.3 291.0 287.7 316.8 9.79 2 950 502 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.8 157 20 290.8 292.5 288.0 317.7 9.54 3 900 960 15.8 10.9 72 5.0 12.8 183 22 297.8 299.5 290.1 324.4 9.11 4 850 1447 16.6 12.1 75 4.5 13.7 220 20 303.5 305.5 293.0 334.7 10.47 5 800 1964 16.2 8.9 62 7.3 11.7 253 24 308.5 310.1 293.3 335.8 8.99 6 750 2512 14.1 5.3 55 8.8 8.9 265 25 311.9 313.3 293.1 335.1 7.46 7 700 3091 10.0 2.8 61 7.2 5.9 266 29 313.6 314.8 292.9 334.5 6.68 8 650 3702 5.0 0.2 72 4.7 2.4 263 32 314.6 315.7 292.7 333.5 6.00 9 600 4349 -0.2 -3.1 81 2.9 -1.7 261 32 315.9 316.8 292.3 332.0 5.08 10 550 5041 -4.2 -11.1 59 6.9 -7.0 254 29 319.1 319.7 291.4 328.9 2.98 11 500 5785 -9.5 -20.2 41 10.7 -12.8 253 33 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.7 1.54 12 450 6589 -15.8 -20.4 68 4.6 -17.2 257 33 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.1 1.68 13 400 7466 -21.6 -24.5 78 2.9 -22.3 265 34 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.5 1.32 14 350 8437 -28.4 -31.8 73 3.4 -29.0 269 30 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.76 15 300 9522 -36.9 -36.9 100 -0.0 -37.0 279 34 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.54 16 250 10755 -47.4 -47.4 100 -0.0 -47.4 290 33 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12188 -59.9 -60.0 99 0.1 -59.9 295 24 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 18 150 13983 -57.0 -76.4 7 19.4 -57.3 291 42 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16511 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.2 312 27 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.96 m Freezing level: 602.23 mb = 4320.42 m = 14174.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.47 mb = 4077.83 m = 13378.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.57 mb = 399.55 m = 1310.85 ft T: 13.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.07 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.12 mb = 3450.39 m = 11320.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.16 C = 100.69 F Cap Strength: 9.60 C Lifted Index: 5.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.54 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 30.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8471.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.39 mb = 1206.22 m = 3957.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 137.75 m/s