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: 43.77,-93.19 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 966 374 30.4 21.7 60 8.7 24.0 204 12 306.6 309.8 298.4 358.3 17.18 2 950 516 28.7 19.5 58 9.2 22.1 208 19 306.3 309.1 297.1 351.9 15.20 3 900 994 24.1 17.9 68 6.2 19.8 214 23 306.4 309.1 296.6 350.0 14.51 4 850 1492 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 226 27 306.9 309.5 296.4 348.9 13.95 5 800 2013 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.6 237 28 309.0 311.4 295.8 346.3 12.26 6 750 2563 15.3 7.2 59 8.1 10.3 241 26 313.2 314.8 294.3 339.7 8.55 7 700 3145 11.8 -0.6 42 12.4 5.1 247 21 315.5 316.6 292.3 332.1 5.22 8 650 3759 6.7 -0.1 62 6.8 2.9 257 23 316.5 317.6 293.1 335.1 5.84 9 600 4410 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.5 262 26 317.3 318.2 292.4 332.4 4.70 10 550 5103 -4.5 -11.3 59 6.8 -7.3 277 26 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.4 2.93 11 500 5846 -9.6 -19.2 46 9.6 -12.7 279 18 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.0 1.68 12 450 6650 -15.8 -23.1 53 7.3 -17.8 264 19 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.32 13 400 7527 -21.4 -28.9 50 7.6 -23.0 263 32 327.2 327.4 291.8 330.4 0.87 14 350 8500 -27.5 -35.4 47 8.0 -28.7 273 31 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.7 0.53 15 300 9589 -36.3 -42.8 51 6.5 -36.9 263 33 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.29 16 250 10825 -46.9 -50.1 70 3.2 -47.0 266 35 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 17 200 12264 -58.4 -59.8 84 1.4 -58.5 271 42 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 18 150 14036 -62.3 -73.4 21 11.1 -62.4 261 40 362.7 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16548 -62.7 -83.4 5 20.6 -63.0 251 23 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.07 m Freezing level: 590.86 mb = 4536.95 m = 14884.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.88 mb = 4184.56 m = 13728.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.95 mb = 1472.05 m = 4829.51 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 26.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2404.69 m = 7889.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.72 C = 96.30 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 522.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2644.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.86 mb = 1739.61 m = 5707.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.86 mb = 3497.20 m = 11473.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.86 mb = 13233.80 m = 43417.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2629.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.1 neg: -7.6 tot: 120.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 83.97 Bulk Shear: 31.50 m/s