MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 42.27,-94.94 Latitude: 42.27 Longitude: -94.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 965 393 19.9 14.1 69 5.8 16.2 346 10 296.1 298.0 290.7 326.5 10.53 2 950 529 19.4 12.9 66 6.5 15.3 347 17 296.8 298.6 290.4 325.4 9.87 3 900 991 15.3 11.1 76 4.2 12.7 346 20 297.2 298.9 290.0 324.1 9.24 4 850 1473 11.9 9.1 83 2.7 10.2 335 18 298.6 300.1 289.9 323.7 8.57 5 800 1981 12.8 2.0 48 10.8 6.9 313 15 304.7 305.8 289.2 321.5 5.52 6 750 2522 11.3 -2.1 39 13.5 4.5 284 16 308.9 309.7 289.5 322.4 4.36 7 700 3096 8.7 -0.0 54 8.7 4.0 268 19 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.1 5.45 8 650 3705 4.4 -0.9 68 5.3 1.6 265 22 313.9 315.0 292.1 331.3 5.50 9 600 4351 -0.4 -3.7 78 3.3 -2.0 266 19 315.6 316.6 292.0 331.1 4.85 10 550 5041 -5.1 -6.1 93 0.9 -5.5 267 29 318.0 318.9 292.3 332.3 4.42 11 500 5785 -9.7 -10.5 94 0.8 -10.1 264 36 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.5 3.44 12 450 6590 -15.2 -16.3 91 1.1 -15.6 267 34 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.2 2.38 13 400 7470 -20.8 -21.5 94 0.7 -21.0 250 44 328.0 328.3 292.8 334.0 1.72 14 350 8446 -27.0 -29.5 79 2.5 -27.5 253 57 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.8 0.95 15 300 9537 -36.3 -39.6 71 3.3 -36.7 255 60 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.7 0.41 16 250 10770 -47.7 -49.3 84 1.6 -47.8 255 55 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.17 17 200 12208 -55.8 -63.8 36 8.1 -55.9 259 67 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14020 -59.0 -77.0 8 18.0 -59.2 266 66 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16543 -62.0 -83.7 4 21.7 -62.2 276 29 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.12 m Freezing level: 604.38 mb = 4294.50 m = 14089.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.95 mb = 3983.27 m = 13068.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.08 mb = 1131.74 m = 3713.03 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.95 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3285.78 m = 10779.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.44 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.35 C Showalter Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 21.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8189.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.15 mb = 1471.27 m = 4826.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -28.0 tot: -13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 63.18 m/s