MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 42.82,-91.93 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 978 324 18.1 14.8 81 3.3 16.0 154 7 293.2 295.1 290.0 324.2 10.90 2 950 570 19.1 11.9 63 7.2 14.6 168 20 296.6 298.3 289.8 323.4 9.26 3 900 1033 15.9 9.8 67 6.1 12.2 187 26 297.9 299.4 289.6 322.7 8.48 4 850 1516 13.3 9.1 76 4.2 10.7 211 27 300.1 301.7 290.3 325.3 8.56 5 800 2026 12.1 7.1 71 5.0 9.2 232 23 304.1 305.5 291.1 327.9 7.95 6 750 2566 10.3 3.6 63 6.7 6.5 251 23 307.8 309.0 291.2 328.0 6.61 7 700 3137 6.7 0.7 66 6.0 3.5 255 22 309.9 311.0 291.1 327.8 5.77 8 650 3741 2.4 -1.6 75 4.0 0.4 258 19 311.7 312.7 291.2 328.1 5.25 9 600 4384 -1.6 -5.6 74 3.9 -3.5 277 15 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.6 4.21 10 550 5072 -5.3 -13.5 52 8.2 -8.4 294 16 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.0 2.45 11 500 5813 -10.6 -16.6 61 6.0 -12.6 290 21 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.1 2.08 12 450 6616 -15.6 -16.7 91 1.1 -16.0 264 35 323.6 324.1 292.1 331.4 2.29 13 400 7495 -21.2 -21.9 94 0.7 -21.4 251 38 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.2 1.66 14 350 8467 -28.6 -29.6 91 1.0 -28.7 254 41 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.94 15 300 9550 -37.5 -38.5 91 1.0 -37.6 257 46 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.3 0.46 16 250 10780 -48.3 -49.2 90 0.9 -48.4 259 58 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.17 17 200 12215 -56.1 -62.8 42 6.8 -56.2 275 57 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14032 -59.1 -77.3 8 18.2 -59.3 270 24 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16565 -60.8 -84.2 3 23.4 -61.0 282 23 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.32 m Freezing level: 620.24 mb = 4123.64 m = 13528.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.16 mb = 3801.19 m = 12470.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.99 mb = 743.06 m = 2437.84 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 1.57 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 3037.92 m = 9966.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.86 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.91 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 27.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7551.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.96 mb = 1546.40 m = 5073.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 270.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 80.82 m/s