MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 43.13,-92.8 Latitude: 43.13 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 970 342 29.6 22.6 66 6.9 24.5 188 12 305.4 308.7 298.6 359.6 18.10 2 950 524 27.7 19.6 61 8.2 21.9 193 20 305.3 308.2 296.8 351.0 15.26 3 900 1001 23.7 17.4 68 6.3 19.3 205 26 305.9 308.6 296.2 348.1 14.05 4 850 1499 20.2 15.5 74 4.8 17.0 219 34 307.3 309.8 295.9 346.9 13.10 5 800 2021 18.5 10.6 60 7.9 13.4 234 30 310.9 312.8 294.7 341.8 10.10 6 750 2572 15.0 7.5 61 7.4 10.3 245 25 312.8 314.5 294.3 339.9 8.72 7 700 3152 10.7 2.1 55 8.6 5.9 262 19 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.5 6.38 8 650 3765 6.3 -3.6 49 9.9 1.3 278 16 316.1 316.9 291.8 330.5 4.50 9 600 4415 0.8 -4.7 67 5.5 -1.9 281 18 317.0 317.9 292.1 331.5 4.51 10 550 5108 -4.1 -12.2 53 8.1 -7.3 290 22 319.2 319.8 291.2 328.3 2.73 11 500 5852 -9.4 -17.9 50 8.5 -12.2 301 16 321.6 322.0 291.1 327.9 1.87 12 450 6657 -15.2 -23.1 51 7.9 -17.4 278 14 324.1 324.3 291.3 328.7 1.32 13 400 7537 -21.0 -30.6 42 9.6 -22.9 266 25 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.4 0.75 14 350 8511 -27.4 -35.4 46 8.0 -28.6 272 28 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.9 0.54 15 300 9600 -36.2 -42.8 51 6.6 -36.8 269 29 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.29 16 250 10837 -46.6 -50.8 62 4.2 -46.8 267 31 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.14 17 200 12278 -58.2 -60.7 73 2.4 -58.3 274 37 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 14052 -63.2 -73.5 24 10.3 -63.3 258 36 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16555 -63.1 -83.3 5 20.1 -63.3 262 23 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.46 m Freezing level: 591.90 mb = 4527.59 m = 14854.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.32 mb = 4027.98 m = 13214.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.27 mb = 1223.84 m = 4015.18 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 29.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2492.54 m = 8177.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2396.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.99 mb = 1683.38 m = 5522.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.99 mb = 3307.62 m = 10851.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.99 mb = 13390.55 m = 43931.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2360.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 221.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.23 Bulk Rich Number: 45.68 Bulk Shear: 52.47 m/s