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: 43.99,-96.75 Latitude: 43.99 Longitude: -96.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 950 504 25.9 21.3 76 4.5 22.6 181 7 303.5 306.6 297.5 354.2 17.07 3 900 975 21.5 19.1 86 2.4 19.8 190 17 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.1 15.63 4 850 1470 18.0 17.0 94 1.0 17.3 197 28 305.0 307.6 296.2 348.1 14.45 5 800 1988 14.9 14.6 98 0.4 14.7 203 37 307.1 309.5 295.9 346.7 13.15 6 750 2534 13.1 10.1 82 3.1 11.2 213 40 310.8 312.8 295.0 342.6 10.39 7 700 3113 10.7 5.2 69 5.5 7.4 222 42 314.3 315.9 294.1 339.1 7.94 8 650 3727 6.3 2.6 77 3.8 4.2 228 33 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.5 7.10 9 600 4379 1.9 -4.1 64 6.0 -1.1 233 32 318.3 319.3 292.7 333.5 4.70 10 550 5074 -3.8 -8.9 67 5.1 -6.0 236 35 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.54 11 500 5819 -9.2 -17.3 52 8.0 -12.0 236 40 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.97 12 450 6627 -13.7 -29.1 26 15.5 -17.3 232 50 326.1 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.76 13 400 7511 -19.9 -37.2 20 17.3 -22.8 231 52 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.39 14 350 8485 -28.1 -42.2 25 14.1 -29.8 233 55 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 15 300 9571 -36.9 -47.2 33 10.3 -37.7 232 62 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10810 -45.1 -58.0 22 12.9 -45.6 225 66 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12266 -54.7 -64.2 30 9.5 -54.9 230 67 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14071 -61.6 -74.3 17 12.7 -61.7 243 56 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16563 -62.6 -83.6 4 20.9 -62.8 231 29 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.38 m Freezing level: 583.16 mb = 4612.93 m = 15134.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.37 mb = 4239.32 m = 13908.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.04 mb = 1081.12 m = 3546.94 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 25.69 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.98 mb = 1418.99 m = 4655.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.17 C K Index: 38.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2152.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.19 mb = 1306.32 m = 4285.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.19 mb = 1558.55 m = 5113.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.19 mb = 12885.87 m = 42275.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2133.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 253.0 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): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.0 neg: -6.7 tot: 285.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.33 Bulk Rich Number: 25.30 Bulk Shear: 85.09 m/s