MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 42.15,-93.82 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 978 320 19.5 17.3 87 2.3 18.0 103 2 294.6 296.8 292.0 331.1 12.77 2 950 569 17.3 15.9 92 1.3 16.4 122 3 294.7 296.9 291.5 329.3 12.07 3 900 1029 14.3 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 178 4 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.2 11.09 4 850 1511 11.9 11.6 98 0.4 11.7 205 6 298.6 300.5 291.2 328.2 10.12 5 800 2018 9.8 9.8 100 0.1 9.8 208 6 301.6 303.4 291.7 329.9 9.54 6 750 2553 7.1 5.6 90 1.5 6.2 236 5 304.3 305.7 290.9 327.3 7.63 7 700 3120 5.6 0.5 70 5.1 2.9 277 7 308.7 309.7 290.6 326.2 5.67 8 650 3723 3.0 -3.5 63 6.4 -0.2 297 13 312.3 313.2 290.7 326.7 4.56 9 600 4368 0.0 -14.1 34 14.1 -5.4 304 20 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.2 2.14 10 550 5059 -4.6 -19.1 31 14.5 -9.4 300 23 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.9 1.54 11 500 5802 -9.6 -28.7 19 19.1 -14.3 302 24 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.9 0.72 12 450 6606 -15.9 -33.2 21 17.3 -19.3 307 26 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.1 0.52 13 400 7481 -22.3 -41.4 16 19.1 -24.9 312 31 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.25 14 350 8448 -29.4 -46.4 18 16.9 -31.1 325 43 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.17 15 300 9526 -38.8 -48.0 37 9.2 -39.4 323 45 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.17 16 250 10750 -48.7 -55.3 46 6.7 -48.9 324 49 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12186 -56.1 -64.6 33 8.5 -56.2 316 45 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14017 -57.0 -78.7 5 21.7 -57.3 308 23 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16562 -59.7 -84.6 3 24.9 -60.0 326 19 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.58 m Freezing level: 599.61 mb = 4373.73 m = 14349.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.56 mb = 3691.38 m = 12110.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.89 mb = 606.13 m = 1988.59 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 3.68 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.84 mb = 964.96 m = 3165.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.96 C = 69.73 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 27.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.20 mb = 905.41 m = 2970.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.20 mb = 1236.04 m = 4055.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.20 mb = 1628.03 m = 5341.23 ft B at Equ Level: 10.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 728.20 mb = 2795.10 m = 9170.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 31.40 m/s