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: 42.21,-93.27 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 977 319 25.8 17.3 60 8.5 20.0 138 10 300.9 303.3 294.0 338.6 12.83 2 950 562 23.3 14.0 56 9.3 17.2 147 15 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.1 10.63 3 900 1030 19.2 12.8 67 6.4 15.1 166 16 301.3 303.2 292.2 332.0 10.40 4 850 1520 16.0 11.3 74 4.7 13.0 188 20 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.4 9.93 5 800 2033 12.2 10.0 86 2.2 10.9 203 21 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.2 9.69 6 750 2572 9.5 7.8 89 1.7 8.5 234 19 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.7 8.88 7 700 3143 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.5 263 17 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.6 6.81 8 650 3747 3.2 -14.8 25 18.0 -3.6 290 19 312.6 313.0 288.3 318.8 1.87 9 600 4391 -0.1 -24.0 15 23.9 -7.3 307 22 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.2 0.92 10 550 5082 -4.1 -24.7 18 20.6 -10.1 322 27 319.2 319.3 289.5 322.4 0.93 11 500 5825 -9.4 -25.7 25 16.3 -13.8 331 29 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.94 12 450 6630 -15.4 -32.4 22 17.0 -18.9 337 29 323.9 324.0 290.6 325.9 0.56 13 400 7507 -22.1 -35.9 28 13.7 -24.4 344 32 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.45 14 350 8474 -29.6 -44.2 23 14.6 -31.2 336 35 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.21 15 300 9553 -38.6 -48.5 35 9.9 -39.4 343 40 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 16 250 10775 -49.2 -58.2 34 9.0 -49.4 344 39 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 17 200 12201 -59.5 -62.3 70 2.8 -59.6 327 47 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04 18 150 14010 -58.0 -77.8 6 19.9 -58.2 318 42 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16546 -60.5 -83.9 3 23.4 -60.7 323 22 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.58 m Freezing level: 601.20 mb = 4375.52 m = 14355.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.98 mb = 3475.62 m = 11402.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.33 mb = 1386.65 m = 4549.31 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2234.94 m = 7332.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 33.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.40 mb = 1747.74 m = 5734.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 462.40 mb = 6422.39 m = 21070.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.40 mb = 10199.93 m = 33463.94 ft B at Equ Level: 54.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.40 mb = 11522.90 m = 37804.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 137.97 m/s