MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 43.82,-91.26 Latitude: 43.82 Longitude: -91.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 977 298 12.5 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 329 9 287.6 289.2 286.3 312.8 9.02 2 950 534 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.8 336 19 288.3 289.8 286.1 312.2 8.51 3 900 984 8.7 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 342 18 290.4 291.8 286.2 312.5 7.78 4 850 1458 8.5 5.6 82 2.9 6.9 325 16 295.0 296.2 286.9 314.5 6.70 5 800 1959 7.6 -1.5 52 9.1 3.2 308 17 299.3 300.0 286.1 312.1 4.28 6 750 2488 4.4 -1.7 64 6.1 1.4 296 18 301.4 302.2 287.1 314.9 4.49 7 700 3046 0.5 -5.7 63 6.2 -2.2 293 19 303.1 303.7 286.8 314.1 3.58 8 650 3637 -2.8 -13.8 43 11.0 -6.7 297 20 305.8 306.1 286.1 312.2 2.02 9 600 4267 -6.0 -24.6 21 18.6 -10.9 302 22 309.1 309.3 286.1 312.0 0.86 10 550 4943 -9.6 -35.3 10 25.7 -14.6 304 23 312.7 312.8 286.7 313.9 0.34 11 500 5672 -14.1 -28.4 29 14.3 -17.3 298 21 315.9 316.0 288.2 318.4 0.73 12 450 6463 -19.5 -24.1 66 4.7 -20.6 299 21 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.9 1.21 13 400 7328 -25.5 -27.5 83 2.0 -25.9 302 24 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.3 1.00 14 350 8283 -32.5 -37.3 62 4.9 -33.1 307 27 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.44 15 300 9349 -41.3 -43.1 82 1.9 -41.4 307 33 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 16 250 10560 -51.2 -51.2 100 0.0 -51.2 317 36 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 17 200 11980 -58.3 -61.1 71 2.7 -58.4 318 40 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 18 150 13808 -54.5 -80.9 2 26.3 -54.9 302 26 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16404 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -56.1 296 17 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.75 m Freezing level: 691.98 mb = 3140.41 m = 10303.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.37 mb = 2702.13 m = 8865.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.51 % Est. max temperature: 21.81 C = 71.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.93 mb = 368.88 m = 1210.24 ft T: 12.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 2.90 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 812.81 m = 2666.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.58 C = 58.24 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 6.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 21.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11120.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.59 mb = 796.12 m = 2611.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.2 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 336.2 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -10.7 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 12.56 m/s