MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 43.00,-92.84 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -92.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 970 329 26.6 22.7 79 3.8 23.8 151 9 302.3 305.7 298.0 356.3 18.24 2 950 514 29.1 19.4 56 9.7 22.2 171 23 306.7 309.6 297.1 352.2 15.13 3 900 995 27.6 14.7 46 12.8 18.8 207 27 309.9 312.1 295.7 345.9 11.80 4 850 1498 23.4 13.3 53 10.2 16.6 220 30 310.7 312.8 295.6 345.4 11.34 5 800 2024 19.1 11.8 63 7.2 14.3 239 30 311.5 313.6 295.6 345.2 10.97 6 750 2575 14.4 10.3 76 4.1 11.8 255 32 312.3 314.3 295.5 344.8 10.57 7 700 3155 10.0 7.3 83 2.7 8.3 259 27 313.5 315.3 294.8 342.0 9.19 8 650 3768 6.6 -1.3 57 7.9 2.4 263 16 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.4 5.34 9 600 4419 1.1 -4.1 68 5.2 -1.5 275 21 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.5 4.70 10 550 5112 -4.4 -12.6 53 8.2 -7.6 291 21 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.64 11 500 5857 -8.4 -22.3 32 13.9 -12.6 273 15 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.28 12 450 6664 -14.8 -26.1 37 11.3 -17.7 278 21 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.01 13 400 7544 -20.9 -29.5 46 8.6 -22.7 268 31 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.8 0.83 14 350 8518 -27.3 -35.6 45 8.3 -28.6 272 32 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.0 0.53 15 300 9610 -35.6 -44.1 41 8.5 -36.4 277 32 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.25 16 250 10848 -46.5 -51.7 55 5.2 -46.8 279 36 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.13 17 200 12292 -57.4 -59.9 72 2.6 -57.4 286 38 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.06 18 150 14066 -64.0 -72.2 32 8.2 -64.1 271 37 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16568 -63.4 -83.2 5 19.9 -63.6 273 18 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.79 m Freezing level: 589.89 mb = 4559.33 m = 14958.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4159.90 m = 13647.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.23 % Est. max temperature: 35.33 C = 95.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.67 mb = 821.96 m = 2696.69 ft T: 28.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 29.11 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.55 mb = 2647.92 m = 8687.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.56 C = 97.82 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 42.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2109.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.05 mb = 2141.91 m = 7027.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.05 mb = 3106.46 m = 10191.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.05 mb = 13149.15 m = 43139.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2093.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 345.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.37 Bulk Rich Number: 23.48 Bulk Shear: 89.87 m/s