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: 42.35,-91.93 Latitude: 42.35 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 149 SFC 984 286 14.0 9.3 73 4.7 11.3 320 2 288.5 289.8 285.2 309.6 7.50 2 950 584 13.5 5.4 58 8.0 9.2 311 5 290.8 291.9 284.5 307.9 5.94 3 900 1036 9.2 4.6 73 4.6 6.8 299 7 291.0 292.0 284.5 307.9 5.89 4 850 1506 5.3 2.1 80 3.2 3.7 309 13 291.7 292.6 284.1 306.9 5.25 5 800 1999 2.3 -0.9 79 3.2 0.8 323 18 293.6 294.4 284.1 306.8 4.49 6 750 2518 -0.4 -5.0 71 4.5 -2.4 329 22 296.1 296.7 284.0 306.6 3.52 7 700 3067 -2.9 -8.2 67 5.3 -5.0 325 29 299.3 299.8 284.7 308.2 2.94 8 650 3652 -5.1 -10.0 68 4.9 -7.0 315 38 303.2 303.7 285.9 311.7 2.74 9 600 4277 -8.4 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.7 309 44 306.4 306.9 286.9 314.4 2.54 10 550 4948 -11.8 -19.1 55 7.2 -13.9 303 49 310.1 310.4 287.1 315.1 1.54 11 500 5673 -15.2 -27.3 35 12.1 -17.9 299 56 314.5 314.7 287.9 317.3 0.81 12 450 6462 -19.5 -32.4 31 12.9 -21.8 300 68 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.7 0.56 13 400 7329 -23.6 -38.4 24 14.9 -25.8 305 71 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.35 14 350 8295 -29.2 -43.5 24 14.4 -30.7 303 81 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.23 15 300 9376 -38.4 -43.7 57 5.3 -38.8 304 80 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.27 16 250 10602 -47.7 -53.1 53 5.5 -47.9 305 79 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12052 -55.0 -63.7 33 8.8 -55.1 305 76 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 13857 -59.7 -77.3 8 17.7 -59.9 300 68 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16416 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 295 30 419.3 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.45 m Freezing level: 757.79 mb = 2437.22 m = 7996.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 786.85 mb = 2132.30 m = 6995.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.02 % Est. max temperature: 17.82 C = 64.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.13 mb = 877.99 m = 2880.51 ft T: 10.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 1.74 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1727.62 m = 5667.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.08 C = 64.54 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: 8.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: 9.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.52 C Cross Totals Index: 17.35 C K Index: 17.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12235.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1484.09 m = 4869.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.8 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 338.8 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 108.02 m/s