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: 42.55,-91.38 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 972 316 25.8 22.1 80 3.7 23.1 186 10 301.4 304.6 297.3 352.8 17.45 2 950 512 24.7 19.5 73 5.2 21.0 192 17 302.2 305.0 296.0 347.1 15.19 3 900 985 22.7 14.8 61 7.9 17.4 223 26 304.9 307.1 294.4 340.3 11.84 4 850 1481 20.2 11.1 56 9.1 14.3 239 35 307.3 309.1 293.6 336.9 9.79 5 800 2001 16.5 9.2 62 7.4 11.9 244 39 308.8 310.5 293.5 336.7 9.16 6 750 2548 13.1 6.3 63 6.8 9.0 250 39 310.8 312.3 293.2 335.5 8.00 7 700 3124 8.1 3.1 71 5.0 5.2 251 40 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.7 6.84 8 650 3731 3.2 -2.3 67 5.5 0.4 255 37 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.2 4.96 9 600 4374 -1.7 -3.7 87 1.9 -2.7 257 30 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.87 10 550 5062 -6.0 -9.2 78 3.2 -7.4 250 29 317.0 317.6 291.2 328.2 3.46 11 500 5803 -9.4 -10.4 93 1.0 -9.8 263 26 321.6 322.2 292.5 333.0 3.47 12 450 6612 -14.3 -15.1 94 0.8 -14.6 283 29 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.2 2.64 13 400 7495 -20.0 -21.1 91 1.0 -20.3 275 23 328.9 329.3 293.1 335.2 1.78 14 350 8470 -27.7 -27.7 100 0.0 -27.7 258 23 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.5 1.12 15 300 9559 -36.0 -36.0 100 0.0 -36.0 249 28 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10796 -47.0 -47.0 100 -0.0 -47.0 255 41 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.22 17 200 12232 -59.4 -59.5 99 0.1 -59.4 262 44 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.06 18 150 14019 -61.0 -74.3 16 13.3 -61.1 293 50 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16535 -61.5 -84.0 4 22.5 -61.7 283 20 408.9 408.9 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.28 m Freezing level: 617.68 mb = 4146.69 m = 13604.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.08 mb = 3816.86 m = 12522.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.21 mb = 790.45 m = 2593.30 ft T: 23.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 24.66 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2373.57 m = 7787.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.47 C = 94.04 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1457.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.41 mb = 1609.13 m = 5279.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.41 mb = 2977.32 m = 9768.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.41 mb = 12803.45 m = 42005.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1424.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.41 mb = 15279.81 m = 50129.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 279.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 18.32 Bulk Shear: 79.57 m/s