MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 41.81,-92.56 Latitude: 41.81 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 104 SFC 981 274 26.4 19.5 66 6.9 21.5 116 8 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.3 14.68 2 950 554 24.1 16.8 64 7.3 19.1 135 11 301.6 303.9 294.1 339.2 12.75 3 900 1024 20.2 15.4 74 4.9 17.0 171 10 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.7 12.30 4 850 1516 16.2 13.6 84 2.7 14.5 206 12 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.5 11.56 5 800 2029 12.0 11.6 97 0.4 11.7 222 14 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.1 10.78 6 750 2568 11.4 -6.8 27 18.2 3.0 274 19 309.0 309.6 288.3 318.7 3.06 7 700 3142 9.1 -17.7 13 26.7 -0.9 297 21 312.5 312.8 287.8 317.1 1.36 8 650 3750 5.0 -18.9 16 23.9 -3.4 304 21 314.7 314.9 288.5 319.1 1.32 9 600 4397 0.3 -16.1 28 16.4 -5.7 305 21 316.5 316.8 289.5 322.5 1.81 10 550 5088 -4.2 -18.5 32 14.3 -9.1 302 23 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.6 1.62 11 500 5832 -9.2 -20.7 39 11.5 -12.8 311 26 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.8 1.47 12 450 6637 -15.4 -20.6 65 5.1 -17.0 318 32 323.8 324.2 291.6 329.5 1.65 13 400 7515 -21.6 -28.6 53 7.0 -23.1 321 27 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.1 0.90 14 350 8487 -28.3 -38.9 35 10.6 -29.7 319 25 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.38 15 300 9570 -37.7 -41.6 67 3.9 -38.1 304 28 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.33 16 250 10799 -48.0 -48.1 98 0.2 -48.0 325 41 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.20 17 200 12230 -58.9 -60.4 83 1.4 -59.0 297 43 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 18 150 14026 -59.3 -74.3 13 15.0 -59.5 308 42 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16558 -61.3 -83.8 4 22.5 -61.6 313 23 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.40 m Freezing level: 596.64 mb = 4443.38 m = 14577.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.11 mb = 3010.83 m = 9877.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.30 mb = 1146.58 m = 3761.70 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 27.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1690.50 m = 5546.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.51 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 12.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 213.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 831.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.18 mb = 1503.69 m = 4933.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.18 mb = 1859.17 m = 6099.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.18 mb = 2281.34 m = 7484.62 ft B at Equ Level: 10.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 736.18 mb = 2722.80 m = 8932.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 7.67 Bulk Shear: 108.42 m/s