MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 42.27,-94.31 Latitude: 42.27 Longitude: -94.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 975 342 28.8 21.3 64 7.5 23.4 65 6 304.2 307.2 297.4 353.6 16.59 2 950 572 26.0 19.7 68 6.3 21.5 68 7 303.6 306.4 296.4 349.2 15.36 3 900 1046 21.5 18.7 84 2.7 19.5 76 6 303.6 306.4 296.4 348.9 15.26 4 850 1540 18.4 15.7 84 2.7 16.5 101 5 305.4 307.8 295.6 345.1 13.28 5 800 2061 19.1 5.0 39 14.1 10.7 206 7 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.7 6.84 6 750 2612 15.7 -2.3 29 18.0 6.2 226 11 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.3 4.29 7 700 3192 10.9 -4.7 33 15.6 3.2 240 14 314.6 315.3 290.9 327.0 3.86 8 650 3805 6.2 -7.4 37 13.6 -0.1 265 21 316.0 316.6 290.8 326.9 3.37 9 600 4454 0.9 -11.2 40 12.1 -4.1 284 28 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.1 2.71 10 550 5146 -4.8 -16.7 39 11.8 -9.0 286 33 318.4 318.7 290.2 324.7 1.89 11 500 5886 -11.3 -17.9 58 6.6 -13.5 280 37 319.3 319.6 290.5 325.6 1.87 12 450 6684 -17.6 -28.9 37 11.3 -20.0 278 35 321.1 321.3 289.9 323.9 0.78 13 400 7556 -23.1 -34.8 34 11.7 -25.0 279 43 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.50 14 350 8521 -29.5 -34.3 63 4.8 -30.3 288 55 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.1 0.60 15 300 9604 -37.2 -43.9 50 6.7 -37.8 284 68 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.26 16 250 10837 -46.8 -55.7 35 8.9 -47.1 285 71 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12285 -55.6 -63.9 35 8.3 -55.8 284 85 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.04 18 150 14096 -58.6 -77.1 8 18.4 -58.9 278 57 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16605 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 259 33 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.64 m Freezing level: 591.93 mb = 4566.05 m = 14980.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.48 mb = 3786.09 m = 12421.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.40 mb = 1295.27 m = 4249.53 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 28.89 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2565.89 m = 8418.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.05 C = 100.50 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.95 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2480.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.82 mb = 1400.46 m = 4594.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.82 mb = 3446.27 m = 11306.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.82 mb = 12647.26 m = 41493.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2475.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 118.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 29.17 Bulk Shear: 85.03 m/s