MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 41.34,-93.82 Latitude: 41.34 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 982 303 17.3 5.7 47 11.5 10.9 27 2 291.9 293.0 284.9 308.8 5.86 2 950 584 15.9 2.9 42 13.0 9.1 31 2 293.3 294.2 284.5 307.7 4.96 3 900 1040 12.2 2.2 50 10.1 7.1 233 2 294.1 295.0 284.8 308.7 4.97 4 850 1516 8.5 1.1 60 7.4 4.8 252 5 295.0 295.9 285.1 309.3 4.86 5 800 2014 5.5 1.2 74 4.3 3.4 303 12 297.0 297.9 286.2 312.4 5.22 6 750 2539 2.6 0.4 86 2.2 1.5 303 19 299.4 300.4 287.1 315.1 5.27 7 700 3095 -0.3 -2.5 85 2.2 -1.3 303 28 302.2 303.0 287.4 316.0 4.56 8 650 3685 -3.0 -6.5 77 3.5 -4.5 304 38 305.6 306.2 287.7 316.8 3.62 9 600 4316 -5.5 -11.8 61 6.3 -7.9 303 47 309.7 310.2 288.1 318.0 2.58 10 550 4996 -8.0 -20.9 35 12.9 -11.8 305 52 314.6 314.9 288.4 319.0 1.31 11 500 5732 -11.1 -24.1 33 13.1 -14.6 300 60 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.3 1.09 12 450 6532 -16.5 -23.7 54 7.2 -18.4 301 58 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.8 1.25 13 400 7407 -22.8 -28.1 62 5.2 -23.9 303 62 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.95 14 350 8373 -29.7 -44.2 23 14.5 -31.2 304 67 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.22 15 300 9454 -37.1 -52.2 19 15.1 -38.1 308 81 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.10 16 250 10689 -46.6 -54.9 38 8.3 -47.0 314 98 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12132 -56.5 -63.8 39 7.3 -56.6 312 79 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 13925 -63.4 -74.4 21 11.0 -63.4 299 59 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16445 -57.7 -84.6 2 26.9 -58.1 302 28 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.99 m Freezing level: 704.91 mb = 3040.65 m = 9975.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.13 mb = 2833.38 m = 9295.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.87 % Est. max temperature: 21.04 C = 69.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.19 mb = 1749.26 m = 5738.98 ft T: 7.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.08 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.69 mb = 3329.70 m = 10924.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 9.88 C Lifted Index: 12.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 11.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.53 C Cross Totals Index: 12.14 C K Index: 18.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12097.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.78 mb = 2180.83 m = 7154.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.0 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 332.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 125.15 m/s