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: 43.94,-96.54 Latitude: 43.94 Longitude: -96.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 951 490 26.4 21.4 74 5.0 22.8 181 8 303.8 307.0 297.6 354.7 17.10 2 950 502 26.2 20.5 71 5.6 22.1 183 9 303.7 306.7 297.1 351.9 16.22 3 900 977 21.8 18.9 83 2.9 19.8 190 18 304.0 306.9 296.6 350.0 15.46 4 850 1471 18.2 16.8 92 1.4 17.3 196 28 305.2 307.9 296.2 348.1 14.34 5 800 1990 15.1 14.7 97 0.4 14.8 204 36 307.2 309.7 296.0 347.1 13.23 6 750 2536 13.5 9.8 79 3.7 11.2 215 41 311.2 313.1 294.9 342.6 10.21 7 700 3116 10.6 5.6 71 5.0 7.5 224 42 314.2 315.7 294.2 339.6 8.15 8 650 3729 6.3 2.4 76 3.9 4.1 230 32 316.0 317.4 293.9 338.2 7.01 9 600 4381 1.9 -3.2 69 5.0 -0.7 235 30 318.3 319.3 292.9 334.5 5.05 10 550 5076 -3.7 -9.0 67 5.3 -6.0 238 34 319.7 320.4 292.0 331.2 3.52 11 500 5822 -8.9 -18.7 45 9.8 -12.2 234 39 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.75 12 450 6630 -13.6 -29.3 25 15.7 -17.3 232 48 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.75 13 400 7515 -19.8 -37.8 19 18.0 -22.8 232 51 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.37 14 350 8490 -27.9 -42.8 23 14.9 -29.7 233 54 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9576 -36.6 -47.8 31 11.2 -37.5 233 60 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 16 250 10816 -45.0 -58.5 21 13.5 -45.5 226 64 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.06 17 200 12273 -54.7 -64.4 29 9.7 -54.9 229 64 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14077 -62.0 -74.0 19 11.9 -62.1 244 56 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16565 -62.6 -83.6 4 20.9 -62.8 229 28 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.35 m Freezing level: 583.16 mb = 4615.40 m = 15142.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.20 mb = 4284.07 m = 14055.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.02 mb = 1121.85 m = 3680.58 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 26.57 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1536.55 m = 5041.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.77 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2015.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.90 mb = 1381.27 m = 4531.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.90 mb = 1738.18 m = 5702.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.90 mb = 2380.74 m = 7810.75 ft B at Equ Level: 10.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.8 neg: -7.5 tot: 287.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 26.09 Bulk Shear: 77.23 m/s