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: 44.1,-93.04 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 966 368 30.2 21.6 60 8.6 23.9 209 13 306.4 309.6 298.2 357.7 17.07 2 950 514 28.4 19.6 59 8.8 22.1 212 19 306.0 308.9 297.0 351.9 15.30 3 900 992 23.8 18.2 71 5.7 19.8 220 23 306.1 308.8 296.7 350.3 14.74 4 850 1490 19.3 17.0 86 2.3 17.7 230 24 306.4 309.1 296.6 349.9 14.48 5 800 2009 16.1 14.2 89 1.9 14.8 238 26 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.3 12.86 6 750 2559 15.2 7.0 58 8.2 10.2 237 26 313.1 314.7 294.1 339.2 8.40 7 700 3140 11.9 -1.0 41 12.9 4.9 238 24 315.7 316.6 292.2 331.8 5.07 8 650 3755 6.7 0.9 67 5.7 3.5 253 26 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.5 6.31 9 600 4407 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.5 259 29 317.3 318.2 292.4 332.4 4.71 10 550 5099 -4.5 -11.6 58 7.0 -7.4 276 28 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.2 2.87 11 500 5842 -9.8 -19.3 46 9.5 -12.8 273 20 321.1 321.5 290.8 326.8 1.66 12 450 6646 -16.0 -22.5 58 6.4 -17.8 261 23 323.1 323.3 291.1 327.9 1.40 13 400 7522 -21.8 -28.4 55 6.6 -23.2 264 34 326.7 326.8 291.7 330.0 0.92 14 350 8494 -27.5 -35.6 46 8.0 -28.7 272 32 331.6 331.8 292.7 333.6 0.53 15 300 9583 -36.4 -42.4 54 6.0 -37.0 264 34 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.3 0.30 16 250 10818 -46.9 -50.6 66 3.7 -47.1 264 38 336.3 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.15 17 200 12257 -58.4 -59.5 87 1.1 -58.4 270 43 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.06 18 150 14028 -62.1 -73.3 21 11.1 -62.3 261 43 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16544 -62.5 -83.4 4 20.9 -62.7 246 24 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.56 m Freezing level: 590.93 mb = 4532.17 m = 14869.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.10 mb = 4204.42 m = 13793.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.71 mb = 1461.87 m = 4796.11 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 25.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1882.62 m = 6176.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2722.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.22 mb = 1670.81 m = 5481.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.22 mb = 3414.97 m = 11203.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.22 mb = 13359.10 m = 43828.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2691.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.3 neg: -7.0 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 102.14 Bulk Shear: 26.66 m/s