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: 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 48 SFC 967 338 17.8 15.5 86 2.3 16.3 172 13 293.8 295.8 290.7 326.7 11.52 2 950 486 16.0 14.2 89 1.7 14.9 176 20 293.4 295.3 290.0 324.2 10.80 3 900 944 15.4 13.5 89 1.9 14.1 202 28 297.3 299.3 291.4 328.8 10.86 4 850 1431 16.2 11.3 73 4.8 13.1 225 26 303.1 304.9 292.4 332.7 9.96 5 800 1948 16.4 8.5 60 7.9 11.5 234 26 308.6 310.3 293.2 335.3 8.77 6 750 2496 14.6 5.8 56 8.7 9.3 238 31 312.4 313.9 293.4 336.5 7.76 7 700 3077 11.4 2.0 52 9.4 6.1 243 33 315.1 316.3 293.0 335.0 6.32 8 650 3691 6.7 -3.4 48 10.1 1.5 256 34 316.5 317.4 292.0 331.2 4.58 9 600 4342 1.3 -8.6 48 9.9 -3.1 261 38 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.34 10 550 5035 -4.5 -11.6 58 7.1 -7.4 263 41 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.2 2.87 11 500 5779 -8.6 -25.6 24 17.0 -13.2 270 41 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.0 0.96 12 450 6587 -14.2 -32.7 19 18.6 -18.1 272 36 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.54 13 400 7468 -21.0 -36.7 23 15.7 -23.6 270 37 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.41 14 350 8438 -29.0 -39.5 36 10.5 -30.3 272 43 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.36 15 300 9521 -37.6 -43.0 57 5.4 -38.1 275 45 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.28 16 250 10750 -47.9 -48.5 94 0.6 -48.0 276 47 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.19 17 200 12184 -58.8 -58.9 99 0.1 -58.8 250 33 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.07 18 150 13979 -57.1 -77.8 6 20.7 -57.4 293 44 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.01 19 100 16515 -59.9 -84.0 3 24.1 -60.2 295 19 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.68 m Freezing level: 588.47 mb = 4501.65 m = 14769.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3902.31 m = 12802.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.28 mb = 627.54 m = 2058.83 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.52 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.71 mb = 3381.87 m = 11095.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.61 C = 103.31 F Cap Strength: 8.18 C Lifted Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.96 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 26.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6838.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.93 mb = 1078.72 m = 3539.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 277.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 126.55 m/s