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: 43.16,-91.62 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 972 329 25.9 21.7 78 4.1 22.9 174 10 301.5 304.6 297.0 351.9 17.11 2 950 527 26.1 20.4 71 5.7 22.0 181 21 303.7 306.6 297.0 351.5 16.09 3 900 1003 24.6 16.2 60 8.3 18.8 206 32 306.8 309.2 295.7 345.9 12.99 4 850 1503 21.7 13.8 61 8.0 16.4 230 32 308.9 311.1 295.4 344.5 11.71 5 800 2026 17.7 12.4 71 5.2 14.2 245 36 310.0 312.1 295.4 344.8 11.41 6 750 2575 14.3 8.1 66 6.2 10.4 257 28 312.1 313.9 294.4 340.2 9.08 7 700 3155 10.4 3.2 61 7.2 6.2 260 15 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.6 6.90 8 650 3768 6.4 -3.1 51 9.5 1.5 271 13 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.1 4.68 9 600 4418 0.9 -4.6 67 5.5 -1.8 288 16 317.2 318.0 292.2 331.7 4.53 10 550 5111 -4.6 -10.9 62 6.3 -7.2 298 18 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.6 3.04 11 500 5854 -8.8 -19.4 42 10.6 -12.2 278 13 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.65 12 450 6662 -14.6 -26.7 35 12.1 -17.6 275 20 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.95 13 400 7543 -20.5 -30.5 40 10.0 -22.5 273 29 328.4 328.5 292.0 331.1 0.76 14 350 8517 -27.6 -35.2 48 7.7 -28.8 272 25 331.5 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.54 15 300 9607 -36.0 -44.0 44 8.0 -36.7 275 31 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.26 16 250 10845 -46.4 -52.5 50 6.1 -46.7 278 35 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.12 17 200 12289 -57.4 -61.0 63 3.6 -57.5 284 38 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14064 -64.1 -73.0 29 8.9 -64.3 268 37 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16564 -63.8 -83.2 5 19.4 -64.0 270 22 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.44 m Freezing level: 591.85 mb = 4531.02 m = 14865.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.90 mb = 4061.82 m = 13326.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.37 mb = 854.13 m = 2802.24 ft T: 25.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2428.23 m = 7966.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.86 C = 96.54 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2006.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.92 mb = 1678.09 m = 5505.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.92 mb = 3298.95 m = 10823.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.92 mb = 13010.68 m = 42685.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1998.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.92 mb = 16094.43 m = 52802.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.8 neg: -20.3 tot: 331.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 28.77 Bulk Shear: 69.74 m/s