MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 46.36,-91.96 Latitude: 46.36 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 973 332 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.2 182 4 298.8 301.4 294.3 340.0 14.16 2 950 540 24.2 18.3 70 5.9 20.1 189 16 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.3 14.11 3 900 1014 22.4 17.4 73 5.0 18.9 198 29 304.6 307.2 295.8 346.6 14.07 4 850 1509 18.7 15.2 80 3.5 16.3 217 29 305.7 308.1 295.3 344.2 12.85 5 800 2028 15.9 11.0 72 4.9 12.7 232 29 308.1 310.1 294.2 339.5 10.35 6 750 2575 13.6 5.5 58 8.1 8.8 236 27 311.3 312.8 293.0 334.7 7.56 7 700 3153 9.1 2.3 62 6.8 5.3 242 22 312.5 313.8 292.4 332.7 6.46 8 650 3762 4.2 -0.6 71 4.8 1.7 263 19 313.7 314.8 292.1 331.4 5.63 9 600 4407 -1.2 -4.3 79 3.1 -2.7 293 17 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.5 4.64 10 550 5095 -5.8 -13.4 55 7.6 -8.7 289 13 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.3 2.47 11 500 5837 -9.2 -29.3 18 20.1 -14.2 266 17 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.2 0.67 12 450 6642 -15.0 -31.8 22 16.9 -18.6 268 16 324.4 324.6 290.7 326.6 0.59 13 400 7522 -21.4 -37.9 21 16.5 -24.0 255 16 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.37 14 350 8491 -29.0 -42.4 26 13.4 -30.6 270 20 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.26 15 300 9573 -38.0 -44.7 49 6.7 -38.5 284 24 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.24 16 250 10800 -48.3 -50.7 76 2.4 -48.4 296 21 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.15 17 200 12230 -59.3 -63.0 63 3.6 -59.4 283 27 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 14015 -60.3 -75.0 13 14.7 -60.5 266 29 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16540 -60.8 -83.8 3 23.0 -61.0 279 23 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.65 m Freezing level: 610.93 mb = 4266.00 m = 13995.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.85 mb = 4002.77 m = 13132.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.79 mb = 909.42 m = 2983.64 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2186.91 m = 7174.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1846.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.84 mb = 1459.98 m = 4789.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.84 mb = 3272.72 m = 10737.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.84 mb = 12889.26 m = 42287.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1804.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.84 mb = 15413.10 m = 50567.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.3 neg: -3.5 tot: 225.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.60 Bulk Rich Number: 49.66 Bulk Shear: 37.18 m/s