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: 41.94,-92.25 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 978 272 24.1 21.0 83 3.1 21.9 12 6 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.4 16.19 2 950 523 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 20.0 4 12 301.7 304.3 295.0 342.9 13.97 3 900 996 23.0 14.2 58 8.8 17.1 298 9 305.2 307.4 294.1 339.4 11.41 4 850 1493 20.8 11.7 56 9.1 14.8 254 17 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.8 10.19 5 800 2015 17.3 9.5 60 7.7 12.4 250 26 309.6 311.3 293.9 338.2 9.38 6 750 2562 12.8 7.9 72 4.9 9.8 252 35 310.5 312.2 293.8 338.0 8.95 7 700 3138 8.5 4.9 78 3.7 6.4 258 40 311.9 313.4 293.3 336.0 7.78 8 650 3747 4.6 -0.1 71 4.7 2.1 271 36 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.6 5.84 9 600 4394 -0.6 -3.0 83 2.5 -1.8 272 32 315.5 316.4 292.2 331.7 5.11 10 550 5084 -5.6 -11.2 64 5.6 -7.8 281 30 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.2 2.96 11 500 5825 -9.7 -21.5 38 11.8 -13.3 291 26 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.9 1.37 12 450 6630 -14.7 -23.6 47 8.9 -17.1 289 28 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.1 1.26 13 400 7512 -20.4 -31.1 38 10.7 -22.6 296 28 328.4 328.6 292.0 331.0 0.71 14 350 8486 -28.0 -36.0 47 8.0 -29.2 296 32 331.0 331.1 292.5 332.9 0.51 15 300 9570 -37.4 -41.4 66 4.0 -37.8 302 34 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.34 16 250 10801 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.1 301 32 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 17 200 12231 -59.9 -60.9 88 1.0 -59.9 302 35 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 18 150 14003 -60.8 -75.0 14 14.1 -61.0 292 37 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16530 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 287 23 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.63 m Freezing level: 605.46 mb = 4323.65 m = 14185.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.23 mb = 4087.25 m = 13409.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.70 mb = 664.97 m = 2181.62 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2478.47 m = 8131.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.23 C = 95.41 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 38.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1206.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.70 mb = 1618.31 m = 5309.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.70 mb = 3343.78 m = 10970.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.70 mb = 12788.28 m = 41955.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1160.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.70 mb = 14766.48 m = 48445.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.8 neg: -26.2 tot: 157.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 11.38 Bulk Shear: 106.01 m/s