MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 43.43,-91.7 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -91.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 978 337 12.2 11.8 97 0.4 12.0 148 8 287.2 288.7 286.1 312.0 8.91 2 950 579 11.4 11.0 98 0.3 11.2 163 19 288.7 290.2 286.5 313.2 8.71 3 900 1034 13.9 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 201 29 295.9 297.9 291.1 327.9 11.11 4 850 1518 14.0 14.0 100 0.0 14.0 226 31 300.8 303.0 293.3 335.8 11.90 5 800 2029 11.7 11.7 100 0.0 11.7 239 26 303.7 305.7 293.3 336.0 10.86 6 750 2568 9.2 7.3 88 1.9 8.0 239 22 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.4 8.56 7 700 3139 6.8 2.1 72 4.7 4.2 243 26 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.8 6.38 8 650 3744 2.8 -5.2 56 8.0 -1.0 243 27 312.1 312.9 290.2 324.7 3.99 9 600 4387 -1.4 -13.3 40 11.9 -6.0 243 28 314.5 315.0 289.3 322.0 2.29 10 550 5074 -5.2 -25.4 19 20.2 -10.8 242 32 317.9 318.1 289.0 321.0 0.88 11 500 5817 -9.1 -29.2 18 20.1 -14.0 240 37 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.68 12 450 6625 -13.2 -39.9 9 26.8 -18.0 245 39 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.26 13 400 7510 -20.2 -34.3 27 14.0 -22.8 247 40 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.7 0.53 14 350 8484 -27.4 -42.9 22 15.5 -29.3 249 43 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.25 15 300 9574 -36.1 -52.6 17 16.5 -37.2 249 45 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10811 -46.0 -59.9 19 13.9 -46.5 246 58 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 17 200 12260 -56.3 -66.5 27 10.2 -56.5 254 65 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 18 150 14066 -60.4 -77.0 10 16.6 -60.6 265 34 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16572 -62.4 -83.1 5 20.7 -62.6 294 17 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.33 m Freezing level: 616.59 mb = 4173.42 m = 13692.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.36 mb = 3627.18 m = 11900.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.74 mb = 389.47 m = 1277.78 ft T: 12.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 977.83 mb = 337.07 m = 1105.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.42 C = 56.16 F Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lifted Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.21 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9006.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.61 mb = 807.37 m = 2648.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.3 neg: -9.7 tot: 295.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 94.40 m/s