MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 49 SFC 961 388 20.3 17.8 86 2.4 18.6 251 11 296.7 299.2 293.2 335.7 13.49 2 950 490 19.0 16.5 86 2.5 17.4 252 15 296.5 298.8 292.4 332.7 12.56 3 900 952 15.0 14.9 100 0.1 15.0 256 19 297.0 299.1 292.1 331.5 11.94 4 850 1437 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.4 272 23 300.8 302.8 292.7 333.6 11.15 5 800 1953 17.1 6.2 49 10.9 10.6 264 32 309.4 310.8 292.3 332.3 7.48 6 750 2501 14.9 -1.0 34 15.9 6.4 256 36 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.7 4.74 7 700 3082 12.0 -7.8 24 19.8 2.7 256 42 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.6 3.04 8 650 3696 6.8 -3.2 49 10.0 1.7 259 45 316.6 317.5 292.1 331.5 4.64 9 600 4347 1.4 -8.7 47 10.1 -3.1 265 44 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.5 3.30 10 550 5041 -4.0 -14.5 44 10.5 -8.0 271 42 319.3 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.25 11 500 5785 -9.0 -23.5 30 14.5 -13.2 274 41 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.0 1.15 12 450 6591 -14.7 -32.0 21 17.4 -18.4 267 36 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.58 13 400 7471 -21.4 -31.0 42 9.6 -23.3 264 36 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.72 14 350 8441 -29.0 -30.5 86 1.6 -29.2 265 39 329.7 329.9 292.5 332.8 0.86 15 300 9524 -37.3 -37.3 100 -0.0 -37.3 261 44 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.52 16 250 10754 -48.1 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.0 267 37 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.20 17 200 12187 -58.5 -60.0 82 1.6 -58.5 259 44 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 18 150 13986 -59.2 -76.0 10 16.8 -59.5 287 51 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16523 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 275 22 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.82 m Freezing level: 586.87 mb = 4529.18 m = 14859.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.51 mb = 3917.92 m = 12853.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.80 mb = 691.98 m = 2270.25 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 933.55 m = 3062.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.46 C = 68.83 F Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.83 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 16.22 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.30 mb = 987.00 m = 3238.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.30 mb = 1034.43 m = 3393.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.30 mb = 1130.09 m = 3707.60 ft B at Equ Level: 12.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.30 mb = 1524.30 m = 5000.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.3 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 294.3 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 115.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 55.02 m/s