MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 42.08,-92.33 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 986 277 17.4 12.7 74 4.8 14.5 125 5 291.8 293.4 288.2 318.4 9.37 2 950 597 20.0 10.1 53 9.9 14.0 172 24 297.5 299.0 289.2 321.3 8.17 3 900 1063 18.6 8.7 52 10.0 12.6 180 29 300.7 302.2 290.0 324.0 7.85 4 850 1551 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 10.8 190 27 302.5 303.9 290.4 325.4 7.70 5 800 2062 11.5 6.9 73 4.6 8.8 203 22 303.4 304.8 290.8 326.7 7.81 6 750 2598 7.1 4.8 85 2.3 5.8 209 21 304.3 305.6 290.6 326.0 7.22 7 700 3162 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.8 201 19 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.0 6.58 8 650 3759 -0.6 -0.7 99 0.1 -0.6 187 17 308.3 309.4 290.5 325.6 5.61 9 600 4396 -3.6 -4.5 93 0.9 -4.0 214 15 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.3 4.56 10 550 5080 -6.8 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.5 226 16 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.9 3.71 11 500 5819 -11.2 -11.9 94 0.7 -11.5 244 17 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.5 3.07 12 450 6620 -16.2 -17.2 92 1.0 -16.5 264 15 322.9 323.4 291.8 330.4 2.20 13 400 7496 -22.5 -22.9 97 0.4 -22.6 263 13 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.1 1.52 14 350 8462 -29.9 -30.4 95 0.5 -30.0 263 15 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.6 0.87 15 300 9540 -39.1 -39.5 96 0.4 -39.2 266 15 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.41 16 250 10759 -50.0 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 269 18 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.16 17 200 12192 -55.0 -65.0 28 10.1 -55.2 303 31 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14026 -56.6 -79.5 4 22.9 -56.9 314 27 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16567 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -60.7 319 18 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.89 m Freezing level: 657.82 mb = 3665.80 m = 12026.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.04 mb = 3647.89 m = 11968.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.51 mb = 887.33 m = 2911.16 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.16 mb = 2672.67 m = 8768.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.15 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7716.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.58 mb = 1878.65 m = 6163.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.2 neg: -12.1 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 17.23 m/s