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: 43.23,-92.96 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 969 348 29.8 22.6 65 7.2 24.5 190 12 305.7 309.1 298.7 360.0 18.11 2 950 522 28.0 19.7 61 8.3 22.1 195 19 305.6 308.5 297.0 351.8 15.41 3 900 999 23.9 17.7 68 6.2 19.6 206 25 306.1 308.8 296.4 349.1 14.33 4 850 1497 20.1 15.8 76 4.3 17.1 218 32 307.2 309.7 296.1 347.6 13.42 5 800 2019 18.3 11.1 63 7.3 13.6 234 30 310.7 312.7 295.0 342.6 10.42 6 750 2571 15.2 7.3 59 7.9 10.3 243 26 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.7 8.59 7 700 3151 11.0 1.3 51 9.8 5.6 260 19 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.7 6.01 8 650 3765 6.3 -2.8 52 9.2 1.7 274 17 316.1 317.1 292.1 331.4 4.78 9 600 4415 0.9 -4.6 67 5.5 -1.7 278 20 317.2 318.0 292.2 331.8 4.55 10 550 5108 -4.1 -12.3 53 8.2 -7.4 288 23 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.70 11 500 5852 -9.4 -18.1 49 8.6 -12.3 297 15 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.84 12 450 6656 -15.5 -22.4 55 6.9 -17.4 276 14 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.6 1.41 13 400 7535 -20.9 -30.4 42 9.5 -22.8 264 27 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.6 0.76 14 350 8510 -27.4 -35.5 46 8.2 -28.6 274 29 331.8 332.0 292.7 333.8 0.53 15 300 9599 -36.2 -43.0 49 6.8 -36.8 265 30 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.29 16 250 10836 -46.6 -50.3 66 3.7 -46.8 268 31 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.15 17 200 12276 -58.3 -60.4 77 2.1 -58.4 272 38 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.06 18 150 14049 -63.0 -73.6 22 10.6 -63.1 259 36 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16554 -63.3 -83.3 5 19.9 -63.5 259 24 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.35 m Freezing level: 591.00 mb = 4539.53 m = 14893.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.57 mb = 4075.74 m = 13371.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.50 mb = 1259.72 m = 4132.88 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 28.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2486.49 m = 8157.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.75 C = 98.16 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2557.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.67 mb = 1684.94 m = 5527.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.67 mb = 3310.32 m = 10860.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.67 mb = 13399.60 m = 43961.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2527.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 200.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.17 Bulk Rich Number: 53.55 Bulk Shear: 47.76 m/s