MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 43.29,-95.08 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 965 430 24.9 20.7 77 4.2 21.9 158 2 301.2 304.1 296.3 348.7 16.15 2 950 565 26.2 18.7 63 7.5 20.9 202 3 303.8 306.5 295.9 346.7 14.44 3 900 1039 22.5 16.5 69 6.0 18.4 251 8 304.7 307.1 295.3 344.2 13.23 4 850 1535 19.1 13.6 70 5.5 15.4 291 10 306.2 308.3 294.6 341.0 11.58 5 800 2054 15.8 9.0 64 6.8 11.6 308 16 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.4 9.04 6 750 2599 12.7 1.6 47 11.1 6.6 312 20 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.2 5.73 7 700 3175 9.2 -5.2 36 14.5 2.2 313 21 312.7 313.4 290.1 324.5 3.70 8 650 3783 4.8 -9.1 36 13.9 -1.3 308 22 314.3 314.9 289.9 323.9 2.94 9 600 4430 -0.2 -11.3 43 11.1 -4.8 298 26 315.9 316.4 290.2 324.6 2.68 10 550 5120 -4.8 -12.7 54 7.9 -7.9 295 33 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.0 2.61 11 500 5863 -9.3 -20.0 41 10.7 -12.6 289 35 321.7 322.1 290.9 327.1 1.57 12 450 6670 -14.3 -26.1 36 11.8 -17.3 286 38 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.8 1.01 13 400 7552 -20.6 -32.7 33 12.1 -22.9 287 42 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.61 14 350 8525 -27.9 -38.1 37 10.2 -29.3 281 46 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.41 15 300 9611 -37.2 -49.6 26 12.4 -38.1 295 58 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.14 16 250 10842 -47.9 -51.5 66 3.6 -48.0 296 66 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12279 -57.4 -62.8 50 5.4 -57.5 293 70 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14073 -60.5 -75.8 12 15.3 -60.6 290 57 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16582 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 297 31 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.43 m Freezing level: 602.29 mb = 4400.13 m = 14435.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.58 mb = 3551.94 m = 11653.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.42 mb = 967.22 m = 3173.24 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 24.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2235.03 m = 7332.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 27.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1599.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.56 mb = 1702.00 m = 5583.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.56 mb = 3191.45 m = 10470.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.56 mb = 12646.66 m = 41491.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1579.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.56 mb = 15528.75 m = 50946.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.3 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 327.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 65.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 26.37 Bulk Shear: 60.63 m/s