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: 42.62,-91.70 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -91.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 971 313 26.3 22.2 78 4.2 23.3 186 9 302.0 305.2 297.5 353.9 17.59 2 950 508 25.3 19.1 68 6.2 20.9 194 16 302.9 305.6 295.9 346.7 14.80 3 900 982 22.9 14.6 59 8.3 17.3 223 24 305.1 307.3 294.3 340.1 11.68 4 850 1478 19.8 11.7 60 8.1 14.6 236 32 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.6 10.20 5 800 1998 16.2 9.8 66 6.3 12.1 241 38 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.4 9.55 6 750 2544 13.0 6.5 64 6.6 9.1 249 42 310.7 312.3 293.2 335.7 8.11 7 700 3120 8.3 2.9 69 5.3 5.2 252 41 311.7 312.9 292.4 332.7 6.77 8 650 3727 3.2 -0.6 76 3.8 1.3 254 37 312.6 313.7 291.8 330.3 5.65 9 600 4371 -1.5 -2.5 93 1.0 -2.0 255 30 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.2 5.32 10 550 5059 -5.8 -7.7 86 1.9 -6.6 256 28 317.3 318.0 291.7 329.9 3.91 11 500 5802 -9.0 -10.4 90 1.4 -9.6 275 28 322.0 322.7 292.6 333.5 3.46 12 450 6611 -14.3 -15.5 90 1.2 -14.7 282 28 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.9 2.54 13 400 7494 -20.5 -21.4 92 0.9 -20.8 268 24 328.4 328.7 292.9 334.4 1.72 14 350 8468 -27.6 -27.7 99 0.1 -27.6 255 26 331.5 331.8 293.2 335.6 1.12 15 300 9557 -36.0 -36.1 100 0.0 -36.0 251 31 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.59 16 250 10794 -47.0 -47.0 100 -0.0 -47.0 252 39 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.22 17 200 12230 -59.4 -59.5 99 0.1 -59.4 260 45 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.06 18 150 14018 -60.8 -74.6 15 13.8 -60.9 291 51 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16534 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 285 21 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.39 m Freezing level: 616.02 mb = 4165.05 m = 13664.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.60 mb = 3971.15 m = 13028.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.68 mb = 840.37 m = 2757.09 ft T: 23.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 23.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2374.09 m = 7788.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.29 C = 93.73 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1439.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.74 mb = 1674.74 m = 5494.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.74 mb = 3052.11 m = 10013.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.74 mb = 12689.83 m = 41632.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1420.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.74 mb = 15113.09 m = 49583.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.0 neg: -1.4 tot: 283.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 17.81 Bulk Shear: 80.81 m/s