MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 43.7,-91.07 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -91.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 980 307 27.3 19.7 63 7.6 21.9 265 7 302.2 305.0 295.8 346.3 14.93 2 950 577 23.9 18.3 71 5.6 20.0 270 11 301.4 304.0 295.0 342.8 14.06 3 900 1047 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.0 274 11 301.6 304.2 295.0 342.8 13.96 4 850 1538 16.3 14.0 86 2.3 14.8 283 14 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.7 11.93 5 800 2054 16.2 4.5 46 11.7 9.4 290 20 308.4 309.6 291.3 328.7 6.60 6 750 2599 12.2 0.4 44 11.8 5.9 291 22 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.2 5.27 7 700 3173 7.9 -4.5 41 12.3 1.9 295 24 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.6 3.92 8 650 3779 3.2 -5.9 51 9.0 -1.0 302 28 312.5 313.3 290.2 324.6 3.79 9 600 4422 -1.7 -10.0 53 8.3 -5.2 301 33 314.1 314.7 289.9 323.7 2.98 10 550 5108 -6.4 -16.7 44 10.3 -9.9 297 38 316.5 316.8 289.6 322.7 1.88 11 500 5845 -11.4 -20.8 46 9.4 -14.2 294 36 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.1 1.46 12 450 6645 -16.5 -25.8 44 9.3 -18.8 290 35 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.1 1.04 13 400 7518 -23.5 -28.8 62 5.3 -24.6 289 37 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.88 14 350 8481 -30.4 -36.1 57 5.7 -31.2 287 39 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.50 15 300 9558 -38.1 -45.2 47 7.1 -38.7 285 42 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.23 16 250 10787 -47.9 -51.7 64 3.8 -48.1 288 57 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12228 -56.0 -64.8 32 8.8 -56.2 289 69 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 14050 -56.7 -78.4 5 21.7 -57.0 276 50 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16578 -60.5 -84.3 3 23.9 -60.7 264 40 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.87 m Freezing level: 617.79 mb = 4192.77 m = 13755.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.66 mb = 3559.47 m = 11677.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.49 mb = 1264.50 m = 4148.59 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 22.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1498.21 m = 4915.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1754.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.83 mb = 1320.08 m = 4330.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.83 mb = 2975.33 m = 9761.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.83 mb = 12011.12 m = 39406.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1754.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.83 mb = 15096.56 m = 49528.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.2 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 324.2 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 45.54 Bulk Shear: 38.53 m/s