MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42.28,-93.11 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 980 320 24.7 22.0 85 2.7 22.8 16 6 299.6 302.7 296.6 349.9 17.21 2 950 590 24.4 20.0 77 4.4 21.2 27 9 301.9 304.8 296.2 348.0 15.64 3 900 1062 20.6 18.7 88 2.0 19.3 27 4 302.8 305.6 296.1 347.9 15.22 4 850 1555 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 214 2 305.0 307.5 295.5 345.0 13.40 5 800 2074 17.2 8.5 57 8.7 11.8 206 7 309.5 311.1 293.4 336.2 8.74 6 750 2623 14.8 0.2 37 14.5 6.8 233 11 312.6 313.6 291.4 328.9 5.20 7 700 3202 10.3 -4.2 36 14.5 3.1 239 16 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.7 4.01 8 650 3813 5.5 -6.4 42 11.9 -0.1 248 22 315.2 315.9 290.8 326.9 3.64 9 600 4461 0.0 -9.1 50 9.1 -3.9 264 22 316.2 316.8 290.7 326.6 3.20 10 550 5150 -5.4 -12.6 57 7.2 -8.2 283 24 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.3 2.63 11 500 5890 -11.2 -14.8 75 3.5 -12.5 288 32 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.4 2.43 12 450 6690 -17.2 -24.1 55 6.9 -19.0 284 34 321.6 321.9 290.5 325.8 1.21 13 400 7563 -22.8 -26.4 72 3.6 -23.6 289 38 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.11 14 350 8530 -28.9 -29.3 96 0.4 -29.0 289 55 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.3 0.97 15 300 9614 -37.2 -37.2 100 0.0 -37.2 280 66 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.9 0.52 16 250 10846 -47.3 -48.1 91 0.9 -47.3 284 76 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.19 17 200 12292 -55.7 -60.5 55 4.7 -55.8 288 69 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14108 -58.4 -76.8 8 18.4 -58.6 274 54 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16612 -63.3 -83.7 5 20.4 -63.4 275 36 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.14 m Freezing level: 599.64 mb = 4465.56 m = 14650.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.51 mb = 3793.52 m = 12445.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.09 mb = 662.59 m = 2173.84 ft T: 23.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 23.23 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1513.40 m = 4965.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 27.03 C K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2313.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.45 mb = 1173.11 m = 3848.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.45 mb = 3279.13 m = 10758.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.45 mb = 12837.40 m = 42116.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2274.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.6 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 298.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -7.8 tot: 77.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 39.19 Bulk Shear: 59.03 m/s