MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 42.77,-92.84 Latitude: 42.77 Longitude: -92.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 972 324 30.5 22.5 62 8.0 24.6 186 11 306.2 309.5 298.7 360.1 17.95 2 950 527 28.7 19.0 56 9.7 21.8 192 19 306.4 309.1 296.8 350.7 14.75 3 900 1005 24.7 16.7 61 7.9 19.2 204 25 306.9 309.4 296.1 347.4 13.44 4 850 1504 20.8 14.8 68 6.0 16.7 217 32 308.0 310.3 295.7 346.0 12.56 5 800 2026 17.7 11.8 68 5.9 13.8 229 30 310.0 312.1 295.1 343.3 10.91 6 750 2576 14.6 7.7 63 7.0 10.3 246 26 312.5 314.2 294.3 339.7 8.81 7 700 3156 10.2 3.8 64 6.4 6.5 263 21 313.8 315.2 293.4 336.3 7.20 8 650 3768 5.9 -3.8 50 9.7 1.0 283 15 315.6 316.5 291.6 329.8 4.43 9 600 4417 0.8 -6.8 57 7.5 -2.7 281 14 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.4 3.84 10 550 5110 -3.9 -13.4 47 9.5 -7.6 293 21 319.5 319.9 291.0 327.6 2.46 11 500 5855 -9.0 -19.0 44 10.1 -12.2 311 17 322.1 322.5 291.1 327.9 1.70 12 450 6661 -14.8 -24.3 44 9.5 -17.3 284 13 324.6 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.19 13 400 7541 -20.9 -31.2 39 10.2 -22.9 269 22 327.8 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.71 14 350 8516 -27.2 -37.0 39 9.8 -28.6 265 27 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.46 15 300 9606 -36.1 -42.6 51 6.5 -36.7 274 29 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.30 16 250 10844 -46.4 -51.6 55 5.2 -46.7 268 30 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.13 17 200 12286 -58.0 -61.5 64 3.5 -58.1 277 33 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 18 150 14060 -63.6 -73.1 27 9.4 -63.7 260 35 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16558 -63.3 -83.3 5 20.0 -63.5 267 23 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.13 m Freezing level: 591.75 mb = 4531.48 m = 14866.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.46 mb = 3938.59 m = 12921.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.94 mb = 1341.70 m = 4401.85 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 32.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.08 mb = 2518.60 m = 8263.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.55 C = 97.80 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2299.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.36 mb = 1862.24 m = 6109.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.36 mb = 3151.25 m = 10338.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.36 mb = 13275.08 m = 43552.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2279.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 228.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 43.74 Bulk Shear: 52.59 m/s