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: 44.04,-96.5 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 950 500 25.6 21.4 78 4.2 22.5 179 7 303.1 306.3 297.4 353.8 17.09 2 950 503 25.4 20.7 75 4.8 22.0 180 8 303.0 306.0 297.0 351.4 16.35 3 900 977 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 190 17 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.5 15.54 4 850 1471 17.8 16.9 94 0.9 17.2 197 28 304.8 307.5 296.1 347.7 14.38 5 800 1989 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 205 36 307.2 309.6 295.9 346.6 13.09 6 750 2535 13.7 9.2 75 4.4 10.9 217 41 311.4 313.3 294.7 341.6 9.82 7 700 3115 10.5 5.6 71 4.9 7.6 225 42 314.2 315.7 294.2 339.7 8.18 8 650 3728 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.1 231 32 316.0 317.3 293.9 338.2 7.07 9 600 4380 1.8 -2.8 72 4.6 -0.6 235 31 318.2 319.2 293.0 334.9 5.20 10 550 5075 -3.7 -9.5 64 5.8 -6.2 238 35 319.7 320.3 291.9 330.7 3.38 11 500 5820 -9.0 -19.1 44 10.1 -12.3 235 40 322.1 322.4 291.1 327.9 1.70 12 450 6629 -13.5 -29.4 25 15.8 -17.3 233 49 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.75 13 400 7514 -19.8 -37.7 19 17.9 -22.8 232 51 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.37 14 350 8488 -27.9 -42.7 23 14.7 -29.7 233 54 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9575 -36.7 -47.6 32 10.9 -37.5 233 60 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.17 16 250 10814 -45.0 -58.4 21 13.4 -45.5 225 64 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.06 17 200 12271 -54.7 -64.3 30 9.6 -54.9 229 64 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14074 -62.0 -74.0 19 12.0 -62.1 243 56 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16564 -62.5 -83.6 4 21.1 -62.7 228 28 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.77 m Freezing level: 583.92 mb = 4603.70 m = 15103.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.12 mb = 4297.54 m = 14099.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.13 mb = 1033.37 m = 3390.30 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 25.89 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1431.23 m = 4695.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 38.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1927.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.16 mb = 1298.11 m = 4258.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.16 mb = 1652.10 m = 5420.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.16 mb = 2288.69 m = 7508.73 ft B at Equ Level: 10.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.16 mb = 15859.58 m = 52032.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.9 neg: -8.4 tot: 289.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 23.48 Bulk Shear: 82.10 m/s