MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 40.19,-92.41 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 989 261 13.2 10.4 83 2.8 11.6 141 5 287.3 288.7 285.2 309.7 8.02 2 950 604 16.0 7.2 56 8.8 11.0 164 16 293.4 294.6 286.4 312.8 6.72 3 900 1064 15.6 9.7 68 5.9 12.0 197 17 297.6 299.1 289.4 322.2 8.42 4 850 1547 12.9 9.4 79 3.5 10.7 232 19 299.6 301.2 290.3 325.2 8.72 5 800 2055 10.0 6.5 79 3.5 8.0 235 19 301.8 303.2 290.1 324.4 7.60 6 750 2589 6.5 4.2 85 2.3 5.2 223 16 303.6 304.9 290.1 324.4 6.90 7 700 3152 2.7 2.2 97 0.5 2.4 216 10 305.5 306.7 290.2 324.9 6.42 8 650 3749 -0.1 -0.3 99 0.1 -0.2 183 3 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.6 5.77 9 600 4387 -3.7 -4.2 96 0.5 -4.0 126 3 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.5 4.66 10 550 5070 -7.2 -8.3 92 1.1 -7.7 241 7 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.5 3.72 11 500 5808 -11.4 -12.5 92 1.1 -11.8 261 13 319.1 319.7 291.4 328.8 2.93 12 450 6609 -16.2 -16.4 98 0.2 -16.2 255 23 322.9 323.4 292.0 330.9 2.36 13 400 7485 -22.3 -22.4 100 0.0 -22.4 254 27 325.9 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.59 14 350 8452 -29.8 -29.8 100 0.0 -29.8 255 26 328.6 328.7 292.2 331.9 0.92 15 300 9529 -39.2 -39.2 100 0.0 -39.2 262 28 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.43 16 250 10748 -50.0 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 275 34 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.16 17 200 12174 -59.1 -60.2 87 1.1 -59.1 295 39 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.06 18 150 13969 -60.3 -76.7 10 16.4 -60.4 293 32 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16496 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 307 22 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.12 m Freezing level: 652.55 mb = 3718.75 m = 12200.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.07 mb = 3698.92 m = 12135.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.87 mb = 622.75 m = 2043.13 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 0.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.62 mb = 2780.32 m = 9121.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lifted Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 33.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10071.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.50 mb = 1542.45 m = 5060.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.5 neg: -24.0 tot: 88.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 19.00 m/s