MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 40.3,-92.62 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -92.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 985 275 20.6 14.6 69 6.0 16.7 243 4 295.0 296.9 290.5 325.6 10.67 2 950 594 24.2 13.9 52 10.3 17.4 235 18 301.7 303.7 292.5 332.9 10.54 3 900 1067 23.1 12.6 51 10.5 16.3 236 24 305.3 307.2 293.3 336.0 10.23 4 850 1564 19.9 11.5 59 8.4 14.5 231 24 307.0 308.8 293.7 337.4 10.09 5 800 2083 15.4 10.0 70 5.5 12.0 220 21 307.6 309.4 293.6 336.9 9.67 6 750 2627 10.8 7.9 83 2.9 9.0 213 19 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.6 8.97 7 700 3198 6.5 3.6 81 3.0 4.8 212 17 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.5 7.07 8 650 3803 3.5 -3.0 63 6.5 0.3 199 17 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.72 9 600 4450 0.7 -6.7 57 7.5 -2.7 189 19 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.4 3.85 10 550 5144 -3.4 -12.8 48 9.4 -7.1 199 23 320.0 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.60 11 500 5891 -8.1 -21.7 33 13.6 -12.3 207 26 323.1 323.4 291.1 327.8 1.34 12 450 6702 -12.5 -26.9 29 14.4 -16.3 222 20 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.9 0.94 13 400 7592 -18.1 -34.2 23 16.1 -21.3 228 20 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.4 0.53 14 350 8574 -25.5 -38.8 28 13.3 -27.5 234 12 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.38 15 300 9673 -33.7 -40.8 49 7.1 -34.6 246 7 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.2 0.36 16 250 10924 -44.0 -45.8 81 1.9 -44.1 295 6 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.7 0.25 17 200 12376 -57.8 -58.1 97 0.2 -57.8 298 24 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.08 18 150 14138 -65.8 -71.4 46 5.5 -65.9 255 8 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16591 -65.3 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.5 275 10 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.70 m Freezing level: 591.07 mb = 4574.10 m = 15006.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.75 mb = 3856.47 m = 12652.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.43 mb = 1043.84 m = 3424.65 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2741.70 m = 8994.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.13 C = 93.44 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5149.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.60 mb = 1970.04 m = 6463.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -29.0 tot: -21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.11 Bulk Shear: 12.63 m/s