MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 41.74,-92.01 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 979 255 24.5 20.7 80 3.8 21.8 21 7 299.4 302.3 295.7 345.8 15.89 2 950 521 25.7 17.3 60 8.4 19.9 23 9 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.5 13.22 3 900 996 24.0 14.0 54 10.0 17.4 266 6 306.2 308.3 294.3 340.1 11.27 4 850 1494 21.2 11.1 52 10.1 14.7 246 18 308.4 310.2 293.9 338.2 9.82 5 800 2016 17.4 9.2 59 8.2 12.2 249 26 309.7 311.4 293.7 337.7 9.18 6 750 2564 13.0 7.5 69 5.5 9.6 254 35 310.6 312.3 293.6 337.3 8.68 7 700 3140 9.3 2.3 62 7.0 5.4 265 37 312.8 314.0 292.5 332.9 6.46 8 650 3751 4.9 -2.2 60 7.1 1.3 273 32 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.5 5.02 9 600 4398 -0.5 -4.2 76 3.6 -2.3 274 29 315.5 316.4 291.8 330.4 4.68 10 550 5087 -6.0 -8.6 82 2.5 -7.1 281 29 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.63 11 500 5827 -9.9 -23.1 33 13.2 -13.7 291 26 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.1 1.19 12 450 6632 -14.7 -24.8 42 10.0 -17.4 292 27 324.7 325.0 291.3 328.7 1.14 13 400 7514 -20.5 -31.0 38 10.5 -22.7 302 26 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.0 0.72 14 350 8487 -27.9 -37.0 42 9.0 -29.3 301 30 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.46 15 300 9572 -37.5 -39.7 79 2.2 -37.7 304 32 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.40 16 250 10802 -47.9 -49.4 84 1.6 -47.9 304 32 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.17 17 200 12233 -59.9 -60.8 89 0.9 -59.9 299 33 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 18 150 14004 -60.8 -74.8 14 13.9 -61.0 293 37 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16532 -61.4 -84.0 3 22.6 -61.6 288 22 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.62 m Freezing level: 604.85 mb = 4334.90 m = 14221.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 3977.87 m = 13050.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.35 % Est. max temperature: 33.91 C = 93.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.00 mb = 736.60 m = 2416.63 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2563.99 m = 8411.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.16 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1249.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.95 mb = 1793.86 m = 5885.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.95 mb = 3675.72 m = 12059.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.95 mb = 12681.43 m = 41605.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1220.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.95 mb = 15093.88 m = 49519.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.6 neg: -15.0 tot: 195.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.75 Bulk Shear: 106.32 m/s