MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.42,-91.62 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 973 303 26.7 22.4 77 4.4 23.5 178 9 302.3 305.5 297.7 354.8 17.75 2 950 510 25.7 19.0 67 6.7 21.0 187 16 303.3 306.0 296.0 347.0 14.75 3 900 985 23.5 14.2 56 9.3 17.2 222 24 305.7 307.9 294.3 339.9 11.37 4 850 1482 20.3 11.3 56 9.0 14.4 236 32 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.4 9.91 5 800 2002 16.4 9.4 63 7.0 12.0 241 38 308.7 310.4 293.6 337.0 9.32 6 750 2549 13.0 6.6 65 6.4 9.1 249 41 310.7 312.2 293.3 335.8 8.17 7 700 3124 8.1 3.2 71 4.9 5.3 252 41 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.8 6.88 8 650 3731 3.2 -2.3 67 5.5 0.4 254 37 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.3 4.97 9 600 4375 -1.6 -4.1 83 2.4 -2.8 254 30 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.2 4.72 10 550 5062 -5.8 -9.4 76 3.6 -7.4 249 29 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.2 3.40 11 500 5805 -9.1 -10.6 89 1.5 -9.8 269 26 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.2 3.40 12 450 6613 -14.2 -14.9 94 0.7 -14.5 285 27 325.4 325.9 292.9 334.4 2.67 13 400 7497 -20.3 -21.3 92 1.0 -20.5 273 21 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.8 1.75 14 350 8472 -27.6 -27.6 100 0.0 -27.6 255 24 331.6 331.8 293.2 335.7 1.13 15 300 9562 -35.9 -35.9 100 -0.0 -35.9 250 29 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.60 16 250 10799 -46.9 -46.9 100 -0.0 -46.9 255 40 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12235 -59.3 -59.5 98 0.2 -59.3 263 45 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 14023 -60.8 -74.6 15 13.8 -60.9 293 50 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16537 -61.4 -84.0 3 22.6 -61.6 283 20 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.84 m Freezing level: 616.75 mb = 4159.21 m = 13645.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3814.09 m = 12513.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.84 mb = 860.40 m = 2822.81 ft T: 24.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.11 mb = 2412.98 m = 7916.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.59 C = 94.26 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1452.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.37 mb = 1744.44 m = 5723.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.37 mb = 3013.36 m = 9886.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.37 mb = 12574.13 m = 41253.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1450.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.37 mb = 15439.10 m = 50652.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 286.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 17.12 Bulk Shear: 84.84 m/s