MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 44.43,-90.03 Latitude: 44.43 Longitude: -90.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 977 329 18.5 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 264 4 293.6 296.0 292.2 331.6 13.34 2 950 572 20.2 15.4 74 4.7 17.1 285 13 297.7 299.8 292.2 331.6 11.69 3 900 1037 16.9 13.4 80 3.5 14.6 292 17 298.9 300.9 291.8 330.3 10.76 4 850 1522 12.9 12.3 96 0.6 12.5 291 19 299.7 301.6 291.9 330.8 10.64 5 800 2031 12.6 6.4 66 6.1 9.0 292 24 304.5 305.9 291.0 327.3 7.57 6 750 2571 9.3 3.0 65 6.2 5.8 284 29 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.0 6.36 7 700 3139 6.1 -2.4 55 8.5 1.8 282 33 309.2 310.1 289.8 323.5 4.58 8 650 3743 3.0 -10.7 36 13.7 -2.7 285 39 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.7 2.60 9 600 4386 -1.2 -13.6 38 12.4 -6.0 286 42 314.7 315.1 289.3 322.0 2.22 10 550 5074 -6.0 -13.7 54 7.7 -8.9 280 43 317.0 317.4 290.2 324.9 2.41 11 500 5812 -11.2 -17.3 61 6.1 -13.2 277 45 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.9 1.96 12 450 6612 -17.2 -19.8 80 2.7 -17.9 274 50 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.76 13 400 7484 -23.5 -27.8 68 4.3 -24.4 278 57 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 0.97 14 350 8446 -30.7 -36.6 56 5.9 -31.4 281 71 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.48 15 300 9521 -38.7 -46.6 43 7.9 -39.3 293 77 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.5 0.19 16 250 10751 -47.1 -47.1 99 0.1 -47.1 289 101 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.22 17 200 12186 -58.0 -62.2 59 4.2 -58.1 298 91 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 13996 -58.7 -77.9 7 19.2 -59.0 295 53 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16541 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.7 279 24 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.22 m Freezing level: 614.49 mb = 4199.79 m = 13778.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.91 mb = 3376.55 m = 11077.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.17 mb = 399.71 m = 1311.36 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.11 mb = 1441.28 m = 4728.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.23 mb = 1225.31 m = 4019.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 535.23 mb = 5284.59 m = 17337.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.23 mb = 8958.32 m = 29390.45 ft B at Equ Level: 108.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.23 mb = 10611.73 m = 34814.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 59.35 m/s