MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 40.14,-92.08 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -92.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 992 231 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.3 121 7 290.9 292.5 287.8 317.0 9.23 2 950 600 20.7 9.8 50 10.9 14.1 134 24 298.2 299.6 289.3 321.7 8.02 3 900 1066 18.7 9.4 55 9.3 13.0 140 21 300.8 302.3 290.3 325.3 8.26 4 850 1555 16.0 8.3 60 7.7 11.4 162 15 302.9 304.4 290.9 327.1 8.11 5 800 2067 12.7 6.9 68 5.8 9.2 213 10 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.2 7.81 6 750 2606 8.7 5.3 79 3.4 6.8 251 13 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.49 7 700 3173 4.2 2.5 89 1.6 3.3 273 12 307.1 308.3 290.9 327.2 6.58 8 650 3772 0.4 -1.9 85 2.3 -0.7 280 9 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.3 5.12 9 600 4411 -2.8 -7.9 68 5.1 -5.0 290 9 312.9 313.5 290.0 324.1 3.51 10 550 5096 -6.5 -11.9 65 5.4 -8.6 287 9 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.6 2.80 11 500 5835 -10.7 -15.7 67 5.0 -12.4 313 8 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.26 12 450 6638 -15.6 -19.9 70 4.3 -16.9 319 5 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.6 1.76 13 400 7516 -21.5 -27.9 56 6.4 -22.9 273 7 327.0 327.2 291.8 330.4 0.96 14 350 8486 -28.8 -40.6 31 11.8 -30.3 275 5 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.32 15 300 9568 -38.1 -48.6 32 10.5 -38.8 116 3 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.15 16 250 10793 -48.6 -56.0 42 7.4 -48.8 330 10 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12234 -54.9 -66.1 24 11.2 -55.1 302 44 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14057 -58.0 -78.2 6 20.1 -58.3 313 42 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16586 -62.5 -84.2 4 21.6 -62.7 301 24 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.16 m Freezing level: 644.26 mb = 3845.50 m = 12616.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.18 mb = 3658.88 m = 12004.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.07 mb = 810.93 m = 2660.49 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.61 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2898.15 m = 9508.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8544.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.86 mb = 1839.52 m = 6035.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 70.07 m/s