MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 44.53,-94.16 Latitude: 44.53 Longitude: -94.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 973 295 22.0 17.9 78 4.1 19.2 190 11 297.5 299.9 293.4 336.3 13.41 2 950 504 22.3 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 199 24 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.1 13.44 3 900 976 23.0 15.5 63 7.5 17.9 235 31 305.2 307.5 294.8 342.2 12.37 4 850 1474 22.4 11.2 49 11.2 15.1 254 25 309.6 311.5 294.3 339.7 9.86 5 800 2000 20.3 5.4 38 14.9 11.3 266 22 312.8 314.1 293.0 334.7 7.05 6 750 2553 16.2 2.8 41 13.4 8.5 270 19 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.7 6.23 7 700 3134 11.0 1.3 51 9.7 5.6 270 17 314.6 315.8 292.7 333.6 6.01 8 650 3746 5.7 -0.5 64 6.2 2.4 264 16 315.4 316.5 292.6 333.4 5.68 9 600 4395 0.0 -3.4 78 3.4 -1.7 246 18 316.1 317.1 292.2 332.0 4.96 10 550 5085 -5.6 -8.1 82 2.5 -6.7 245 19 317.5 318.2 291.6 329.7 3.78 11 500 5827 -10.1 -12.7 81 2.7 -11.1 260 21 320.8 321.3 291.8 330.3 2.87 12 450 6631 -15.0 -21.8 56 6.9 -16.9 264 25 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.6 1.48 13 400 7511 -21.1 -31.2 40 10.1 -23.1 271 21 327.5 327.7 291.7 330.1 0.70 14 350 8484 -27.5 -35.9 45 8.4 -28.8 249 26 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.5 0.51 15 300 9572 -36.7 -46.3 36 9.6 -37.5 251 25 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.20 16 250 10806 -47.2 -54.6 43 7.3 -47.6 267 24 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12241 -58.3 -62.2 61 3.8 -58.4 270 36 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 14037 -63.4 -73.9 23 10.4 -63.5 257 23 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16537 -61.2 -83.6 4 22.4 -61.5 268 24 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.79 m Freezing level: 599.99 mb = 4395.22 m = 14419.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.77 mb = 4119.31 m = 13514.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.72 % Est. max temperature: 35.73 C = 96.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.61 mb = 816.07 m = 2677.38 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 12.44 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.91 mb = 2991.52 m = 9814.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.92 C = 102.06 F Cap Strength: 7.32 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 457.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.40 mb = 1582.95 m = 5193.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.40 mb = 4072.05 m = 13359.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.40 mb = 12101.24 m = 39701.74 ft B at Equ Level: 834.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.40 mb = 14713.75 m = 48272.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.2 neg: -3.1 tot: 217.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 21.80 Bulk Shear: 38.35 m/s