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,-92.09 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 974 289 28.0 22.4 71 5.7 23.9 194 6 303.5 306.8 298.0 356.3 17.76 2 950 507 27.2 17.7 56 9.5 20.6 208 13 304.8 307.3 295.6 345.2 13.53 3 900 983 23.7 14.2 55 9.5 17.4 228 20 306.0 308.1 294.4 340.1 11.38 4 850 1480 20.0 11.9 60 8.1 14.7 233 28 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.3 10.34 5 800 2000 16.1 9.9 67 6.2 12.2 236 38 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.6 9.63 6 750 2546 12.9 6.3 64 6.6 9.0 247 43 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.4 8.04 7 700 3121 8.2 2.7 68 5.6 5.1 252 38 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.2 6.63 8 650 3728 3.1 -0.2 79 3.3 1.4 252 32 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.7 5.82 9 600 4373 -1.4 -4.0 83 2.5 -2.7 247 29 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.6 4.75 10 550 5060 -5.8 -7.1 91 1.3 -6.4 257 26 317.2 317.9 291.8 330.3 4.08 11 500 5804 -8.6 -9.5 94 0.9 -9.0 284 29 322.5 323.3 293.0 334.8 3.73 12 450 6613 -14.1 -14.6 96 0.5 -14.3 287 24 325.5 326.1 293.0 334.8 2.74 13 400 7496 -20.8 -21.1 97 0.3 -20.8 269 24 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.2 1.78 14 350 8471 -27.4 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.4 257 29 331.8 332.0 293.3 336.0 1.15 15 300 9561 -36.0 -36.0 100 -0.0 -36.0 257 35 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10798 -46.9 -46.9 100 -0.0 -46.9 252 37 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.22 17 200 12235 -59.2 -59.3 99 0.1 -59.2 260 47 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 18 150 14024 -60.5 -75.1 13 14.6 -60.6 290 51 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16538 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 285 22 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.22 m Freezing level: 615.83 mb = 4168.62 m = 13676.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.09 mb = 3940.60 m = 12928.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.26 mb = 1009.43 m = 3311.72 ft T: 23.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 26.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2484.29 m = 8150.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1410.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.81 mb = 1884.49 m = 6182.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.81 mb = 3052.53 m = 10014.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.81 mb = 12692.62 m = 41641.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.81 mb = 15114.67 m = 49588.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.8 neg: -4.4 tot: 242.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 22.64 Bulk Shear: 62.28 m/s