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: 43.97,-96.81 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 501 SFC 950 503 26.0 21.3 75 4.7 22.6 181 7 303.6 306.7 297.5 354.2 17.03 3 900 975 21.6 19.0 85 2.6 19.8 190 17 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.1 15.59 4 850 1469 18.1 16.9 93 1.1 17.3 197 27 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.2 14.43 5 800 1988 14.9 14.5 97 0.4 14.7 202 37 307.1 309.5 295.9 346.6 13.12 6 750 2533 13.0 10.3 84 2.6 11.3 212 40 310.7 312.7 295.0 343.0 10.57 7 700 3113 10.7 5.1 68 5.6 7.3 222 42 314.3 315.9 294.1 339.0 7.90 8 650 3727 6.4 2.6 77 3.8 4.2 228 33 316.2 317.5 294.0 338.6 7.11 9 600 4379 2.0 -4.4 63 6.4 -1.2 233 32 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.2 4.60 10 550 5074 -3.8 -8.8 68 4.9 -6.0 236 35 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.3 3.59 11 500 5818 -9.3 -16.9 54 7.6 -11.9 236 41 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.6 2.04 12 450 6626 -13.7 -29.1 26 15.4 -17.3 232 50 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.77 13 400 7511 -19.9 -37.1 20 17.2 -22.9 231 52 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 14 350 8485 -28.1 -42.1 25 13.9 -29.8 233 55 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 15 300 9570 -36.9 -47.2 34 10.3 -37.7 232 62 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10809 -45.2 -57.9 23 12.7 -45.7 225 66 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12265 -54.7 -64.2 30 9.5 -54.9 230 67 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14071 -61.5 -74.4 16 12.9 -61.6 243 56 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16563 -62.6 -83.5 4 20.9 -62.9 232 29 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.77 m Freezing level: 582.98 mb = 4615.32 m = 15141.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.23 mb = 4227.59 m = 13869.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.13 mb = 1099.39 m = 3606.89 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 25.57 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1447.46 m = 4748.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.19 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2167.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.13 mb = 1326.65 m = 4352.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.13 mb = 1579.33 m = 5181.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.13 mb = 12956.88 m = 42508.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2141.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.8 neg: -5.7 tot: 280.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 25.76 Bulk Shear: 84.15 m/s