MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 42.96,-91.54 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 968 324 25.2 22.5 85 2.7 23.2 131 10 301.2 304.5 297.5 354.1 17.98 2 950 488 26.9 20.9 70 6.0 22.5 147 22 304.5 307.5 297.4 353.8 16.55 3 900 967 26.5 15.7 51 10.9 19.1 180 37 308.8 311.2 296.0 346.9 12.54 4 850 1469 23.0 13.8 56 9.2 16.8 190 40 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.2 11.78 5 800 1994 18.6 12.7 68 6.0 14.7 200 39 311.0 313.2 295.8 346.5 11.60 6 750 2545 13.9 11.3 85 2.5 12.2 208 37 311.6 313.8 295.8 346.4 11.33 7 700 3123 9.6 8.3 91 1.3 8.8 211 34 313.2 315.0 295.2 343.7 9.86 8 650 3736 6.8 1.9 71 5.0 4.0 204 33 316.7 318.0 293.9 338.1 6.75 9 600 4389 2.0 -2.0 75 3.9 -0.1 204 37 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.2 5.53 10 550 5085 -3.5 -4.8 91 1.3 -4.1 212 39 320.0 320.9 293.3 335.8 4.89 11 500 5832 -7.9 -10.2 83 2.3 -8.9 223 44 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.1 3.52 12 450 6645 -12.3 -15.2 79 2.9 -13.4 236 49 327.7 328.3 293.5 336.7 2.61 13 400 7535 -17.9 -21.2 75 3.3 -18.9 242 50 331.7 332.1 293.8 337.9 1.76 14 350 8518 -25.3 -26.6 89 1.3 -25.6 246 48 334.6 334.9 294.1 339.1 1.24 15 300 9619 -33.2 -33.4 98 0.2 -33.3 257 43 338.6 338.7 294.7 341.4 0.76 16 250 10877 -41.9 -41.9 100 -0.0 -41.9 286 55 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12348 -53.9 -54.0 100 0.0 -53.9 291 65 347.4 347.4 296.2 347.9 0.12 18 150 14130 -68.3 -68.7 95 0.4 -68.3 282 75 352.4 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16580 -64.6 -83.0 6 18.4 -64.8 258 22 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.23 m Freezing level: 581.76 mb = 4642.75 m = 15231.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.84 mb = 4377.69 m = 14362.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.71 C = 94.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.47 mb = 671.79 m = 2204.00 ft T: 26.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.44 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.11 mb = 2408.04 m = 7900.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.45 C = 95.81 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 43.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1368.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.12 mb = 1853.22 m = 6080.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.12 mb = 2908.69 m = 9542.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.12 mb = 13065.61 m = 42865.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1368.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.12 mb = 16108.48 m = 52848.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.0 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 235.0 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 406.9 neg: -8.6 tot: 398.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.44 Bulk Rich Number: 13.30 Bulk Shear: 102.90 m/s