MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 42.62,-91.54 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 982 316 20.3 13.0 63 7.3 15.7 152 11 295.0 296.8 289.6 322.8 9.64 2 950 599 16.9 9.7 62 7.3 12.6 154 16 294.4 295.8 287.9 317.3 7.95 3 900 1057 12.7 8.6 76 4.1 10.3 156 16 294.6 296.0 287.8 317.1 7.80 4 850 1535 12.3 -0.4 42 12.6 5.9 173 17 299.0 299.8 286.1 312.1 4.38 5 800 2042 10.2 0.1 49 10.2 5.1 196 15 302.1 302.9 287.6 316.6 4.81 6 750 2576 7.7 -0.4 56 8.1 3.5 224 14 304.9 305.8 288.8 320.0 4.94 7 700 3142 5.6 -8.6 35 14.3 -0.5 244 13 308.7 309.3 288.0 317.7 2.84 8 650 3745 2.6 -12.2 33 14.8 -3.3 264 13 311.9 312.3 288.5 319.4 2.31 9 600 4387 -1.6 -16.3 32 14.7 -6.8 266 13 314.3 314.6 288.8 320.2 1.79 10 550 5074 -5.9 -20.6 30 14.7 -10.5 248 15 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.6 1.34 11 500 5813 -10.6 -23.7 33 13.2 -14.2 242 18 320.1 320.4 290.0 324.0 1.12 12 450 6614 -16.1 -28.5 33 12.4 -18.9 253 18 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.9 0.81 13 400 7493 -21.0 -34.0 30 12.9 -23.4 242 20 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.54 14 350 8464 -28.7 -31.0 81 2.3 -29.1 237 25 330.0 330.2 292.5 333.0 0.82 15 300 9547 -37.3 -44.2 49 6.9 -37.9 231 29 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.25 16 250 10780 -46.8 -52.5 53 5.6 -47.1 246 31 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12223 -57.6 -59.4 80 1.8 -57.6 247 33 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 14014 -60.3 -77.0 9 16.7 -60.4 257 29 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16541 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.8 275 15 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.69 m Freezing level: 619.08 mb = 4142.02 m = 13589.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.59 mb = 3065.41 m = 10057.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.11 mb = 1234.30 m = 4049.48 ft T: 12.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.65 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.21 mb = 3245.10 m = 10646.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 7.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.15 C Showalter Index: 10.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 10.22 C K Index: 8.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 193.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8827.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.55 mb = 1539.77 m = 5051.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 38.78 m/s