MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 43.56,-92.41 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 962 388 17.3 15.9 92 1.4 16.4 177 14 293.7 295.8 291.0 327.7 11.89 2 950 492 15.9 14.8 93 1.2 15.2 180 20 293.3 295.3 290.3 325.2 11.18 3 900 951 16.6 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 208 28 298.6 300.6 291.9 330.6 10.99 4 850 1440 17.6 10.7 64 6.9 13.3 238 29 304.6 306.4 292.6 333.2 9.57 5 800 1959 18.1 7.7 51 10.3 11.7 247 36 310.4 312.0 293.3 335.9 8.29 6 750 2510 15.2 4.8 50 10.4 9.0 252 39 313.1 314.4 293.2 335.5 7.18 7 700 3091 11.5 -0.7 43 12.3 4.9 258 36 315.3 316.2 292.2 331.7 5.18 8 650 3704 6.6 -4.7 44 11.3 1.0 263 35 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.8 4.15 9 600 4355 1.2 -7.1 54 8.3 -2.7 271 37 317.5 318.2 291.6 329.6 3.74 10 550 5047 -5.0 -7.5 82 2.5 -6.1 266 35 318.2 318.9 292.0 331.0 3.96 11 500 5790 -9.2 -17.3 52 8.1 -11.9 272 36 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.97 12 450 6597 -14.3 -33.3 18 19.0 -18.2 275 32 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.1 0.51 13 400 7479 -20.5 -39.0 18 18.4 -23.4 271 32 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.33 14 350 8451 -28.7 -44.5 20 15.8 -30.4 272 37 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.21 15 300 9534 -37.4 -40.2 75 2.8 -37.7 282 43 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.38 16 250 10765 -47.5 -47.6 99 0.1 -47.5 284 42 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.21 17 200 12200 -58.9 -59.2 96 0.3 -58.9 259 30 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.07 18 150 13993 -58.2 -76.9 7 18.7 -58.4 297 48 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16523 -60.1 -83.9 3 23.9 -60.3 295 16 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.38 m Freezing level: 590.60 mb = 4485.21 m = 14715.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.24 mb = 3878.31 m = 12723.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.20 mb = 561.49 m = 1842.15 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 6.32 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.88 mb = 3381.01 m = 11092.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.15 C = 102.47 F Cap Strength: 8.43 C Lifted Index: 2.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.47 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 25.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6745.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.81 mb = 1222.99 m = 4012.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 336.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 132.23 m/s