MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 41.74,-91.22 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 989 230 26.5 14.1 47 12.4 18.4 135 8 300.6 302.5 292.0 331.0 10.31 2 950 579 22.6 11.2 48 11.4 15.5 142 10 300.2 301.8 290.6 326.2 8.85 3 900 1046 18.2 10.4 61 7.8 13.4 150 10 300.2 301.9 290.6 326.3 8.84 4 850 1532 14.1 9.0 72 5.0 11.0 173 10 300.9 302.4 290.6 326.1 8.52 5 800 2043 11.9 6.9 71 5.0 9.0 234 12 303.9 305.3 290.9 327.3 7.82 6 750 2580 8.0 4.0 75 4.1 5.8 253 11 305.3 306.6 290.5 325.8 6.79 7 700 3146 4.1 1.5 83 2.6 2.7 298 15 307.0 308.2 290.5 325.7 6.11 8 650 3745 0.5 -3.4 75 3.9 -1.4 306 22 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.8 4.58 9 600 4384 -3.1 -7.9 69 4.8 -5.2 310 25 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.7 3.50 10 550 5067 -7.1 -14.7 55 7.6 -9.8 316 25 315.7 316.1 289.7 323.0 2.23 11 500 5804 -11.8 -26.8 28 15.0 -15.4 329 30 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.7 0.85 12 450 6603 -16.5 -35.8 17 19.3 -20.0 335 38 322.5 322.5 289.9 323.9 0.40 13 400 7476 -23.3 -42.5 16 19.1 -25.8 342 42 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.23 14 350 8438 -30.7 -48.0 17 17.3 -32.3 345 49 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 15 300 9513 -39.7 -51.2 28 11.5 -40.4 341 60 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.12 16 250 10731 -49.9 -58.3 37 8.4 -50.2 347 62 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.06 17 200 12165 -56.9 -63.8 41 6.9 -57.0 336 59 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 13984 -56.6 -79.9 4 23.3 -56.9 324 30 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16535 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 320 20 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.72 m Freezing level: 642.98 mb = 3834.84 m = 12581.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.90 mb = 3537.51 m = 11605.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.07 mb = 1782.65 m = 5848.52 ft T: 13.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 5.63 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.15 mb = 2555.92 m = 8385.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.97 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5840.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.72 mb = 1972.03 m = 6469.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 99.70 m/s