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: 43.98,-95.34 Latitude: 43.98 Longitude: -95.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 959 432 24.4 21.9 86 2.5 22.6 164 4 301.2 304.4 297.3 352.8 17.54 2 950 512 23.8 20.7 83 3.1 21.6 175 8 301.4 304.4 296.5 349.7 16.43 3 900 984 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 200 22 303.4 306.2 296.5 349.5 15.52 4 850 1479 18.3 16.7 90 1.6 17.2 204 32 305.3 308.0 296.1 347.9 14.22 5 800 1997 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 208 40 307.4 309.8 295.7 345.9 12.76 6 750 2544 13.9 9.5 75 4.4 11.1 225 41 311.7 313.5 294.9 342.3 9.97 7 700 3124 10.0 6.8 80 3.2 8.0 234 41 313.5 315.2 294.6 341.0 8.87 8 650 3736 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 239 34 315.4 316.9 294.1 339.1 7.53 9 600 4387 2.1 -4.9 60 7.0 -1.3 246 28 318.6 319.5 292.5 333.0 4.44 10 550 5084 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -5.5 245 31 320.6 321.3 292.3 332.3 3.55 11 500 5832 -7.4 -17.1 46 9.7 -10.9 233 37 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.8 1.99 12 450 6643 -13.5 -27.5 29 14.1 -17.0 233 40 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.5 0.88 13 400 7529 -19.2 -36.5 20 17.3 -22.2 236 45 330.1 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 14 350 8507 -26.8 -43.0 20 16.1 -28.8 233 48 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.25 15 300 9598 -35.7 -48.1 27 12.4 -36.7 231 51 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.16 16 250 10839 -45.0 -55.4 30 10.4 -45.4 227 57 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.08 17 200 12297 -54.6 -63.2 34 8.6 -54.8 228 54 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14095 -63.6 -72.4 29 8.8 -63.7 243 51 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16571 -63.6 -83.1 5 19.5 -63.8 225 31 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.87 m Freezing level: 578.89 mb = 4681.20 m = 15358.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.48 mb = 4233.01 m = 13887.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.58 mb = 748.66 m = 2456.19 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 23.36 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1508.09 m = 4947.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 39.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1741.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.78 mb = 1210.12 m = 3970.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.78 mb = 1978.14 m = 6489.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.78 mb = 2084.74 m = 6839.60 ft B at Equ Level: 15.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.78 mb = 15890.99 m = 52135.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 342.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 22.26 Bulk Shear: 78.20 m/s