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: 42.48,-93.90 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 974 340 26.5 18.4 61 8.1 20.8 134 11 301.9 304.5 294.9 342.6 13.78 2 950 553 24.2 15.2 57 9.1 18.2 144 18 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.6 11.47 3 900 1023 19.9 14.1 69 5.8 16.1 158 19 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.4 11.31 4 850 1513 15.8 13.0 83 2.8 14.0 178 22 302.7 304.7 293.2 335.6 11.12 5 800 2027 13.3 11.1 87 2.2 11.9 218 24 305.3 307.3 293.5 336.6 10.44 6 750 2569 10.5 6.7 77 3.9 8.2 243 16 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.1 8.23 7 700 3140 7.3 -4.2 44 11.5 1.7 269 15 310.5 311.3 289.7 323.1 4.00 8 650 3747 4.6 -23.3 11 28.0 -4.3 295 18 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.3 0.90 9 600 4394 0.8 -23.0 15 23.8 -6.7 307 21 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.5 1.01 10 550 5086 -3.8 -24.0 19 20.3 -9.8 323 24 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.1 1.00 11 500 5831 -9.2 -24.4 28 15.2 -13.4 330 27 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.6 1.06 12 450 6635 -15.4 -29.1 30 13.7 -18.5 333 27 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.76 13 400 7514 -21.7 -35.4 28 13.7 -24.1 337 32 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.47 14 350 8480 -29.7 -43.0 26 13.3 -31.2 334 32 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.25 15 300 9559 -38.6 -49.6 31 11.0 -39.3 344 34 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.14 16 250 10784 -48.9 -55.8 45 6.8 -49.2 331 40 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12211 -59.2 -62.2 68 3.0 -59.3 330 43 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 18 150 14013 -58.3 -77.6 7 19.4 -58.5 315 46 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16547 -60.9 -83.8 3 22.9 -61.2 320 25 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.51 m Freezing level: 590.90 mb = 4519.61 m = 14827.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.62 mb = 3310.33 m = 10860.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.10 mb = 1362.21 m = 4469.13 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 19.36 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2201.01 m = 7221.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 26.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.14 mb = 1693.25 m = 5555.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.14 mb = 5271.02 m = 17293.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.14 mb = 11685.04 m = 38336.28 ft B at Equ Level: 426.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.14 mb = 13335.44 m = 43750.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.0 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 311.0 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 282.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 158.70 m/s