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: 43.50,-93.27 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 965 377 30.3 22.1 62 8.2 24.3 198 12 306.5 309.8 298.6 359.5 17.60 2 950 518 28.7 19.7 58 9.0 22.2 201 18 306.3 309.2 297.2 352.5 15.36 3 900 996 24.2 17.8 68 6.4 19.7 208 24 306.4 309.1 296.6 349.8 14.44 4 850 1494 20.2 15.9 77 4.2 17.2 223 28 307.3 309.8 296.2 347.9 13.50 5 800 2016 17.4 12.8 74 4.6 14.3 238 31 309.7 311.9 295.6 345.2 11.68 6 750 2566 15.6 7.4 58 8.2 10.5 244 26 313.5 315.1 294.4 340.3 8.63 7 700 3148 11.8 -0.6 42 12.4 5.1 255 19 315.5 316.5 292.3 332.1 5.22 8 650 3763 6.6 -1.0 58 7.7 2.5 263 19 316.5 317.5 292.7 333.9 5.46 9 600 4414 1.0 -3.7 71 4.7 -1.4 268 23 317.2 318.2 292.4 332.8 4.85 10 550 5106 -4.7 -10.2 65 5.5 -7.0 277 25 318.5 319.2 291.5 329.0 3.21 11 500 5849 -9.5 -19.4 44 9.9 -12.7 282 17 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.1 1.64 12 450 6654 -15.6 -24.0 49 8.3 -17.9 269 17 323.6 323.8 291.1 327.9 1.23 13 400 7532 -21.1 -29.4 47 8.4 -22.8 262 29 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.6 0.84 14 350 8505 -27.4 -35.2 47 7.8 -28.6 275 31 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.9 0.55 15 300 9595 -36.1 -42.9 50 6.7 -36.8 261 33 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.29 16 250 10831 -46.9 -49.6 74 2.7 -47.0 268 33 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.17 17 200 12270 -58.5 -60.0 82 1.6 -58.5 271 40 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 18 150 14042 -62.4 -73.7 21 11.3 -62.5 260 38 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16551 -63.0 -83.4 5 20.4 -63.1 252 22 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.55 m Freezing level: 591.43 mb = 4532.20 m = 14869.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.66 mb = 4177.63 m = 13705.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.40 mb = 1418.37 m = 4653.40 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 27.37 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.97 mb = 2600.53 m = 8531.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.32 C = 99.17 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2634.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.79 mb = 1753.10 m = 5751.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.79 mb = 3391.07 m = 11125.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.79 mb = 13278.43 m = 43563.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2616.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 160.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.77 Bulk Rich Number: 66.95 Bulk Shear: 39.35 m/s