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: 43.15,-92.11 Latitude: 43.15 Longitude: -92.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 968 353 26.0 21.8 78 4.1 22.9 168 10 301.9 305.0 297.2 352.7 17.23 2 950 522 26.8 20.4 68 6.4 22.2 175 21 304.3 307.3 297.1 352.1 16.04 3 900 1000 25.4 16.0 56 9.4 18.9 204 30 307.7 310.1 295.8 346.4 12.83 4 850 1500 22.3 13.7 58 8.6 16.5 228 32 309.5 311.7 295.5 345.0 11.66 5 800 2024 18.0 12.3 69 5.7 14.3 241 36 310.3 312.5 295.5 345.0 11.33 6 750 2574 14.1 9.4 73 4.7 11.2 255 31 311.9 313.8 294.9 342.5 9.95 7 700 3154 11.0 2.4 55 8.6 6.1 258 18 314.6 315.9 293.1 335.1 6.51 8 650 3768 6.6 -2.0 54 8.6 2.1 267 14 316.4 317.4 292.4 332.7 5.10 9 600 4418 1.1 -5.0 64 6.1 -1.9 285 20 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.6 4.40 10 550 5111 -4.3 -12.8 51 8.5 -7.7 296 17 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.5 2.59 11 500 5856 -8.9 -19.7 41 10.8 -12.3 273 14 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.7 1.60 12 450 6662 -15.0 -26.3 37 11.3 -17.9 274 23 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 0.99 13 400 7542 -20.5 -30.1 42 9.6 -22.5 269 31 328.3 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.78 14 350 8517 -27.4 -35.3 47 7.9 -28.6 270 28 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.8 0.54 15 300 9608 -35.7 -44.7 39 8.9 -36.5 277 30 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.24 16 250 10846 -46.5 -52.2 52 5.7 -46.8 280 35 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.12 17 200 12289 -57.4 -60.4 69 3.0 -57.5 284 39 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.06 18 150 14063 -64.0 -72.7 29 8.8 -64.1 269 38 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16565 -64.0 -83.2 6 19.1 -64.2 272 21 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.46 m Freezing level: 589.92 mb = 4558.12 m = 14954.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.28 mb = 4108.87 m = 13480.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.25 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.01 mb = 882.37 m = 2894.87 ft T: 25.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.35 mb = 2457.08 m = 8061.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.57 C = 96.03 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2070.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.34 mb = 1817.74 m = 5963.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.34 mb = 3463.08 m = 11361.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.34 mb = 13135.34 m = 43094.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2053.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.7 neg: -22.9 tot: 341.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 26.26 Bulk Shear: 78.83 m/s