MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 40.80,-91.93 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 984 223 29.4 16.1 45 13.3 20.4 207 13 304.0 306.2 294.1 339.1 11.80 2 950 534 29.1 15.8 45 13.3 20.0 215 30 306.7 308.9 295.0 342.7 11.96 3 900 1013 25.4 14.8 52 10.6 18.2 218 40 307.7 309.9 295.2 343.6 11.88 4 850 1513 21.3 13.5 61 7.8 16.1 211 42 308.5 310.6 295.1 343.3 11.50 5 800 2034 17.0 10.7 66 6.3 12.9 210 42 309.2 311.2 294.4 340.1 10.14 6 750 2583 14.7 0.1 37 14.6 6.8 219 34 312.5 313.5 291.3 328.7 5.14 7 700 3163 12.4 -2.1 36 14.5 4.8 238 27 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.3 4.70 8 650 3780 8.2 -0.8 53 9.0 3.3 247 24 318.2 319.3 293.3 336.0 5.55 9 600 4436 3.2 -3.3 63 6.4 -0.2 243 22 319.8 320.8 293.3 336.0 5.02 10 550 5135 -1.8 -8.3 61 6.4 -4.8 242 24 321.9 322.6 292.9 334.2 3.72 11 500 5886 -7.0 -11.8 69 4.8 -9.0 241 30 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.9 3.11 12 450 6699 -12.9 -15.8 79 2.9 -13.9 244 34 327.0 327.5 293.2 335.5 2.48 13 400 7587 -18.8 -23.1 69 4.3 -20.0 249 37 330.6 330.9 293.3 335.8 1.49 14 350 8569 -25.5 -34.9 41 9.4 -27.1 246 33 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.56 15 300 9670 -32.7 -46.7 23 14.0 -34.0 258 30 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 16 250 10929 -42.3 -51.4 36 9.1 -42.8 273 28 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.8 0.13 17 200 12398 -54.0 -55.8 81 1.8 -54.1 298 37 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.10 18 150 14182 -68.0 -69.1 85 1.2 -68.0 309 28 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16609 -66.4 -82.7 8 16.3 -66.5 268 26 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.91 m Freezing level: 568.44 mb = 4877.07 m = 16000.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.26 mb = 4405.08 m = 14452.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.18 % Est. max temperature: 34.13 C = 93.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.00 mb = 1916.88 m = 6288.89 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.44 mb = 3436.21 m = 11273.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.49 C = 108.48 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.96 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 321.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.11 mb = 2226.58 m = 7304.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.11 mb = 5031.67 m = 16507.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.11 mb = 9973.39 m = 32720.69 ft B at Equ Level: 280.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.11 mb = 13151.60 m = 43147.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.2 neg: -28.2 tot: 108.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 31.78 Bulk Shear: 8.91 m/s