MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.12,-94.39 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 971 339 25.4 20.6 75 4.8 21.9 80 7 301.0 303.9 296.1 347.8 15.90 2 950 533 26.6 17.3 57 9.3 20.2 90 16 304.2 306.6 295.1 343.4 13.18 3 900 1009 24.7 13.9 51 10.7 17.5 130 7 306.9 309.0 294.4 340.6 11.17 4 850 1508 21.2 12.1 56 9.1 15.2 223 7 308.3 310.3 294.4 340.1 10.49 5 800 2030 17.2 9.6 61 7.6 12.4 241 12 309.5 311.2 293.9 338.2 9.41 6 750 2578 14.2 -0.4 37 14.6 6.3 274 14 312.0 312.9 291.0 327.5 4.95 7 700 3155 10.2 -10.6 22 20.8 1.1 300 16 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.8 2.44 8 650 3766 5.2 -8.8 35 14.1 -1.0 307 18 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.7 3.02 9 600 4412 -0.2 -10.6 45 10.4 -4.6 311 19 315.9 316.4 290.3 325.1 2.83 10 550 5102 -5.5 -14.2 50 8.8 -8.7 314 21 317.6 318.1 290.3 325.3 2.31 11 500 5843 -9.8 -19.6 45 9.8 -12.9 309 28 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.6 1.62 12 450 6649 -14.7 -21.7 55 7.0 -16.7 312 34 324.7 325.0 291.7 329.9 1.50 13 400 7529 -21.1 -22.3 90 1.2 -21.5 321 37 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.1 1.60 14 350 8500 -28.9 -31.4 79 2.5 -29.3 313 38 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.79 15 300 9582 -37.9 -45.3 46 7.4 -38.5 319 39 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.8 0.22 16 250 10811 -48.1 -56.6 37 8.6 -48.4 324 42 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12244 -58.8 -60.7 79 1.9 -58.9 301 61 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 18 150 14025 -61.3 -75.1 14 13.8 -61.4 316 58 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16547 -61.0 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.3 333 26 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.73 m Freezing level: 601.83 mb = 4388.81 m = 14398.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.87 mb = 3468.47 m = 11379.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.70 mb = 953.47 m = 3128.16 ft T: 24.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 26.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2899.78 m = 9513.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.09 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 22.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1349.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 220.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.62 mb = 2012.15 m = 6601.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.62 mb = 3807.61 m = 12492.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.62 mb = 12672.85 m = 41577.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1318.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.62 mb = 15078.52 m = 49469.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.4 neg: -17.3 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 12.30 Bulk Shear: 109.70 m/s