MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42.55,-92.48 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 974 292 27.3 23.1 78 4.3 24.2 19 5 302.8 306.2 298.2 357.7 18.53 2 950 512 28.2 18.0 54 10.1 21.1 16 4 305.8 308.3 296.0 347.2 13.82 3 900 992 26.0 16.6 56 9.4 19.5 180 10 308.3 310.8 296.4 348.8 13.35 4 850 1493 22.4 14.7 62 7.7 17.2 194 20 309.6 312.0 296.1 347.7 12.50 5 800 2018 18.0 13.1 73 4.9 14.7 200 28 310.4 312.6 295.9 346.9 11.95 6 750 2567 13.4 11.4 88 2.0 12.1 206 33 311.1 313.3 295.7 346.0 11.39 7 700 3146 10.6 6.2 74 4.4 7.9 214 31 314.2 315.8 294.5 340.8 8.54 8 650 3761 6.9 -0.2 60 7.1 3.0 216 29 316.8 317.9 293.1 335.2 5.79 9 600 4413 1.5 -1.8 79 3.3 -0.3 220 32 317.8 318.9 293.2 335.7 5.59 10 550 5108 -3.7 -3.9 98 0.2 -3.8 226 36 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.6 5.22 11 500 5854 -9.0 -9.2 98 0.2 -9.1 238 40 322.1 322.9 293.0 334.7 3.81 12 450 6662 -13.7 -18.0 70 4.3 -15.1 239 37 326.0 326.4 292.6 333.1 2.07 13 400 7549 -18.9 -21.2 82 2.3 -19.6 245 40 330.5 330.8 293.5 336.7 1.77 14 350 8531 -25.3 -33.4 47 8.1 -26.8 248 40 334.7 334.8 293.6 337.1 0.65 15 300 9628 -34.5 -40.1 57 5.6 -35.1 252 35 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.2 0.39 16 250 10875 -44.5 -53.0 38 8.5 -45.0 251 43 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12330 -56.3 -62.6 45 6.3 -56.4 266 46 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 14106 -66.9 -70.7 59 3.8 -67.0 265 68 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16570 -66.2 -82.7 8 16.5 -66.3 249 29 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.82 m Freezing level: 585.68 mb = 4611.95 m = 15130.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4356.77 m = 14293.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.56 C = 94.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.65 mb = 838.99 m = 2752.54 ft T: 26.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2387.46 m = 7832.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.41 C = 95.74 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 41.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 491.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1694.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.78 mb = 1902.01 m = 6240.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.78 mb = 3316.60 m = 10881.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.78 mb = 13488.48 m = 44253.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1674.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.78 mb = 16228.47 m = 53242.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 249.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 11.39 Bulk Shear: 148.81 m/s