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: 44.03,-96.96 Latitude: 44.03 Longitude: -96.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 500 SFC 949 513 25.5 21.2 77 4.3 22.4 180 7 303.2 306.3 297.4 353.5 16.95 3 900 974 21.2 19.1 88 2.1 19.7 189 16 303.4 306.2 296.6 349.8 15.64 4 850 1468 17.8 17.0 95 0.9 17.2 197 27 304.8 307.5 296.2 347.9 14.45 5 800 1986 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.5 202 36 306.9 309.4 295.7 346.0 12.98 6 750 2531 12.7 10.5 86 2.2 11.3 211 39 310.3 312.4 295.0 343.0 10.68 7 700 3111 10.8 4.9 67 5.9 7.3 220 42 314.4 315.9 294.0 338.7 7.79 8 650 3724 6.4 2.7 77 3.6 4.3 226 35 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.9 7.19 9 600 4377 2.0 -5.1 59 7.1 -1.4 231 33 318.4 319.3 292.4 332.5 4.37 10 550 5072 -3.9 -8.8 68 4.9 -6.1 235 36 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.1 3.57 11 500 5816 -9.5 -16.2 58 6.7 -11.8 237 42 321.5 321.9 291.4 328.8 2.16 12 450 6623 -13.8 -29.1 26 15.3 -17.4 232 51 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.77 13 400 7507 -20.1 -36.7 21 16.7 -22.9 231 52 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.41 14 350 8481 -28.3 -41.6 27 13.3 -29.9 233 56 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.28 15 300 9565 -37.1 -46.7 36 9.7 -37.8 232 63 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.19 16 250 10804 -45.3 -57.5 24 12.2 -45.8 225 68 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 17 200 12259 -54.7 -64.2 30 9.5 -54.9 231 70 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14067 -61.1 -74.7 15 13.6 -61.3 243 57 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16561 -62.6 -83.5 4 20.9 -62.8 234 30 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.70 m Freezing level: 583.14 mb = 4610.92 m = 15127.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.58 mb = 4207.49 m = 13803.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.47 mb = 1056.19 m = 3465.15 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1394.67 m = 4575.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 26.42 C K Index: 38.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2130.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.44 mb = 1282.40 m = 4207.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.44 mb = 1534.06 m = 5032.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.44 mb = 3069.53 m = 10070.52 ft B at Equ Level: 30.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 274.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.09 Bulk Rich Number: 23.93 Bulk Shear: 89.06 m/s