MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 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 75 SFC 964 388 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.7 312 13 292.2 294.1 289.3 321.8 10.40 2 950 511 15.3 13.2 87 2.1 14.0 314 21 292.7 294.5 289.2 321.4 10.08 3 900 967 11.7 11.5 99 0.2 11.6 316 29 293.6 295.3 289.0 320.9 9.53 4 850 1447 13.1 9.0 76 4.1 10.6 311 24 299.8 301.4 290.2 324.8 8.48 5 800 1958 14.4 0.6 39 13.9 7.1 292 25 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.9 4.99 6 750 2502 12.8 -4.0 31 16.8 4.5 273 29 310.5 311.2 289.5 322.5 3.79 7 700 3078 9.6 -7.1 30 16.7 1.8 262 33 313.1 313.8 289.8 323.4 3.21 8 650 3688 5.1 -5.4 47 10.5 0.1 259 35 314.8 315.5 291.0 327.4 3.95 9 600 4335 -0.6 -4.7 74 4.1 -2.6 259 36 315.4 316.3 291.6 329.8 4.50 10 550 5024 -5.4 -6.2 94 0.8 -5.8 260 37 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.8 4.39 11 500 5766 -10.1 -13.6 76 3.5 -11.4 266 37 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.6 2.68 12 450 6570 -15.2 -22.7 53 7.4 -17.3 265 41 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.9 1.38 13 400 7449 -21.7 -24.0 81 2.3 -22.3 263 41 326.8 327.0 292.2 331.6 1.37 14 350 8419 -28.5 -28.6 99 0.1 -28.5 259 47 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.1 1.03 15 300 9504 -37.0 -37.0 100 -0.0 -37.0 256 61 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.53 16 250 10735 -47.9 -48.0 100 0.0 -47.9 269 64 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12164 -58.6 -61.5 70 2.8 -58.7 268 67 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 18 150 13979 -58.5 -77.3 7 18.8 -58.7 272 56 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16522 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 269 30 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.31 m Freezing level: 605.20 mb = 4267.33 m = 14000.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.51 mb = 3706.11 m = 12158.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.63 mb = 658.06 m = 2158.95 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.90 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.51 mb = 3382.94 m = 11098.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.54 C = 99.56 F Cap Strength: 8.66 C Lifted Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.49 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.07 C K Index: 15.44 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8751.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.13 mb = 1031.70 m = 3384.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.4 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 302.4 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -27.3 tot: -23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 61.79 m/s