MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 42.75,-92.72 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 973 317 28.9 23.1 71 5.8 24.6 236 9 304.4 307.9 298.7 359.9 18.58 2 950 529 27.3 19.4 62 7.8 21.7 235 16 304.9 307.7 296.6 350.0 15.13 3 900 1005 22.9 17.6 72 5.3 19.2 232 21 305.1 307.8 296.1 347.6 14.21 4 850 1501 19.0 15.2 79 3.8 16.5 232 25 306.1 308.5 295.5 344.9 12.92 5 800 2021 16.9 9.3 61 7.5 12.1 242 26 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.3 9.25 6 750 2568 12.9 6.5 65 6.4 9.0 258 22 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.6 8.14 7 700 3144 8.3 3.5 72 4.8 5.5 273 19 311.7 313.0 292.7 333.5 7.05 8 650 3751 3.5 -0.6 74 4.1 1.3 288 17 312.9 314.0 291.9 330.6 5.62 9 600 4396 -1.3 -5.8 71 4.5 -3.4 299 17 314.6 315.4 291.1 327.8 4.12 10 550 5083 -6.1 -12.3 61 6.3 -8.5 299 16 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.7 2.69 11 500 5823 -10.6 -14.6 72 4.0 -12.1 291 20 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.3 2.47 12 450 6626 -15.2 -18.6 75 3.4 -16.2 288 26 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.9 1.96 13 400 7507 -21.0 -25.9 64 4.9 -22.1 291 27 327.7 328.0 292.2 331.8 1.16 14 350 8478 -28.5 -31.5 75 3.0 -29.0 281 28 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.78 15 300 9561 -37.7 -40.9 72 3.2 -38.1 288 29 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.36 16 250 10789 -48.5 -48.7 98 0.2 -48.5 296 29 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.18 17 200 12217 -59.6 -60.6 88 1.0 -59.6 296 40 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.05 18 150 14017 -59.1 -76.2 9 17.2 -59.3 302 44 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16551 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.5 -60.6 307 19 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.26 m Freezing level: 613.54 mb = 4221.10 m = 13848.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.04 mb = 3925.98 m = 12880.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.71 mb = 1056.15 m = 3465.01 ft T: 22.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 34.19 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.95 mb = 2085.39 m = 6841.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.74 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.83 C K Index: 40.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2841.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.37 mb = 1568.11 m = 5144.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.37 mb = 2586.16 m = 8484.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.37 mb = 12932.93 m = 42430.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2834.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 180.51 Bulk Shear: 15.74 m/s