MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 42.62,-92.23 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 983 300 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.3 144 7 284.9 286.0 282.3 302.2 6.18 2 950 589 15.9 4.6 47 11.2 9.8 164 22 293.3 294.3 285.1 309.6 5.61 3 900 1048 14.9 3.2 45 11.7 8.7 178 22 296.9 297.8 286.3 312.7 5.36 4 850 1529 11.8 1.4 49 10.4 6.4 202 16 298.5 299.4 286.5 313.2 4.97 5 800 2033 8.7 1.5 61 7.2 5.0 211 10 300.5 301.4 287.6 316.5 5.35 6 750 2565 6.8 -1.3 56 8.1 2.7 206 10 303.9 304.8 288.1 318.0 4.62 7 700 3130 5.0 -11.5 29 16.5 -1.7 208 11 308.0 308.4 287.2 315.2 2.26 8 650 3731 2.2 -13.8 30 16.0 -3.9 223 11 311.5 311.8 288.1 318.1 2.03 9 600 4373 -1.1 -17.8 27 16.7 -6.9 240 13 314.8 315.1 288.8 320.1 1.57 10 550 5062 -5.1 -19.8 30 14.8 -9.8 242 15 318.1 318.4 289.6 323.0 1.44 11 500 5804 -9.6 -22.1 35 12.5 -13.3 235 15 321.3 321.6 290.5 325.8 1.30 12 450 6609 -14.6 -26.9 34 12.3 -17.6 239 15 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.94 13 400 7492 -20.1 -39.6 16 19.5 -23.1 224 15 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.31 14 350 8466 -27.4 -46.7 14 19.3 -29.5 229 20 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.16 15 300 9554 -37.2 -44.4 47 7.2 -37.8 214 19 333.0 333.0 292.8 333.9 0.25 16 250 10788 -46.6 -56.6 31 10.0 -47.0 206 26 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12229 -58.3 -61.7 65 3.4 -58.4 217 27 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 18 150 14002 -62.6 -73.5 22 10.9 -62.7 236 16 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16517 -62.7 -84.0 4 21.3 -62.9 261 19 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.21 m Freezing level: 616.83 mb = 4156.90 m = 13637.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.11 mb = 2909.41 m = 9545.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.55 mb = 800.97 m = 2627.83 ft T: 15.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 2.82 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 586.33 mb = 4555.37 m = 14945.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.02 C = 105.83 F Cap Strength: 11.98 C Lifted Index: 12.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.23 C Showalter Index: 10.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.36 C Cross Totals Index: 10.97 C K Index: 6.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11619.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.57 mb = 2047.59 m = 6717.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.4 neg: -7.0 tot: 93.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 24.48 m/s