MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 43.5,-97.05 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 955 451 28.7 20.7 62 8.0 22.9 202 8 305.9 308.9 297.6 354.7 16.29 2 950 494 28.9 19.2 56 9.6 22.0 202 11 306.5 309.3 297.0 351.4 14.95 3 900 973 25.0 17.0 61 8.0 19.4 202 21 307.3 309.8 296.3 348.4 13.64 4 850 1472 20.7 15.5 72 5.1 17.2 202 28 307.8 310.3 296.1 347.6 13.18 5 800 1993 15.9 14.5 91 1.4 14.9 201 32 308.1 310.5 296.1 347.6 13.06 6 750 2540 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.5 201 36 310.2 312.5 296.1 347.6 12.26 7 700 3117 10.3 5.5 72 4.7 7.4 214 43 313.8 315.4 294.1 339.2 8.13 8 650 3730 6.5 2.3 75 4.1 4.1 224 35 316.3 317.7 293.9 338.4 6.99 9 600 4383 2.1 -3.2 68 5.4 -0.6 233 28 318.6 319.6 293.0 334.8 5.03 10 550 5079 -3.7 -6.6 80 2.9 -5.1 231 31 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.5 4.23 11 500 5824 -9.1 -15.3 60 6.3 -11.3 232 38 322.0 322.4 291.6 329.8 2.32 12 450 6632 -13.6 -28.6 27 15.0 -17.2 232 48 326.1 326.3 291.4 329.0 0.80 13 400 7517 -19.8 -36.9 20 17.1 -22.8 230 52 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.41 14 350 8491 -27.9 -42.5 24 14.5 -29.7 232 55 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.26 15 300 9578 -36.5 -48.4 28 11.9 -37.4 232 61 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.16 16 250 10818 -45.0 -58.3 21 13.3 -45.5 227 63 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.06 17 200 12275 -54.7 -64.2 30 9.5 -54.9 233 64 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14081 -61.7 -74.3 17 12.6 -61.9 247 58 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16567 -62.9 -83.5 5 20.6 -63.1 236 28 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.31 m Freezing level: 581.71 mb = 4637.44 m = 15214.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.31 mb = 4297.63 m = 14099.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.96 mb = 1472.49 m = 4830.95 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 25.73 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2084.66 m = 6839.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1853.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.86 mb = 1930.48 m = 6333.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.86 mb = 2307.29 m = 7569.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.86 mb = 12568.30 m = 41234.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1852.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.86 mb = 15935.08 m = 52279.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 40.56 Bulk Shear: 45.70 m/s