MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 42.62,-92.56 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 973 300 23.6 21.9 90 1.7 22.4 114 9 299.1 302.2 296.5 349.5 17.26 2 950 513 25.6 20.0 71 5.6 21.6 141 24 303.2 306.1 296.5 349.6 15.66 3 900 990 25.5 14.6 51 10.9 18.1 182 32 307.8 310.0 295.1 343.1 11.68 4 850 1491 22.1 11.8 52 10.3 15.4 195 36 309.3 311.3 294.5 340.7 10.28 5 800 2014 17.8 10.2 61 7.5 12.9 207 35 310.1 311.9 294.4 340.2 9.83 6 750 2562 13.3 8.5 73 4.8 10.3 222 37 311.0 312.7 294.2 339.6 9.30 7 700 3139 8.3 6.2 87 2.1 7.1 232 39 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.0 8.54 8 650 3747 4.6 -1.2 66 5.7 1.5 238 38 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.2 5.41 9 600 4396 0.8 -8.6 49 9.4 -3.3 233 34 317.1 317.7 291.1 327.9 3.33 10 550 5088 -4.2 -11.4 57 7.3 -7.1 232 30 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.90 11 500 5835 -8.0 -12.3 71 4.3 -9.8 245 40 323.2 323.8 292.6 333.2 2.97 12 450 6647 -12.6 -14.3 87 1.7 -13.2 262 35 327.4 328.0 293.6 337.0 2.81 13 400 7537 -18.2 -18.2 99 0.1 -18.2 289 35 331.4 331.9 294.1 339.3 2.28 14 350 8520 -25.4 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.4 289 32 334.5 334.8 294.2 339.4 1.37 15 300 9620 -33.8 -34.0 99 0.2 -33.8 288 38 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.72 16 250 10869 -44.3 -44.4 99 0.1 -44.3 282 51 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.3 0.30 17 200 12322 -57.3 -57.4 98 0.2 -57.3 280 65 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.08 18 150 14083 -67.8 -70.8 66 2.9 -67.9 282 71 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 19 100 16564 -66.1 -82.5 8 16.4 -66.2 239 31 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.14 m Freezing level: 591.56 mb = 4512.47 m = 14804.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.13 mb = 3947.19 m = 12949.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.44 mb = 518.17 m = 1700.01 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 21.66 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.11 mb = 2426.14 m = 7959.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 39.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1168.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.32 mb = 1765.82 m = 5793.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.32 mb = 2922.91 m = 9589.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.32 mb = 13024.14 m = 42729.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1161.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.32 mb = 16075.18 m = 52739.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 535.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 178.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.49 Bulk Rich Number: 6.91 Bulk Shear: 169.14 m/s