MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 41.13,-91.54 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 987 216 26.7 19.5 65 7.2 21.6 187 10 300.9 303.6 295.2 343.8 14.58 2 950 550 23.4 17.5 70 5.8 19.4 191 16 300.9 303.4 294.4 340.2 13.39 3 900 1020 19.0 16.5 86 2.5 17.4 197 18 301.1 303.5 294.3 340.1 13.28 4 850 1509 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 209 22 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.5 12.37 5 800 2023 13.5 10.0 79 3.5 11.3 225 28 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.6 9.69 6 750 2564 9.7 6.5 80 3.2 7.8 230 29 307.1 308.7 292.2 331.8 8.14 7 700 3134 6.2 3.0 80 3.1 4.4 237 30 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.2 6.80 8 650 3737 1.8 0.5 91 1.3 1.1 244 28 311.0 312.2 291.7 330.0 6.12 9 600 4379 -2.0 -4.1 85 2.1 -3.0 243 25 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.7 4.70 10 550 5066 -5.7 -7.4 88 1.7 -6.5 237 31 317.3 318.0 291.7 330.1 3.98 11 500 5808 -10.2 -11.2 92 1.0 -10.6 233 34 320.6 321.2 292.1 331.3 3.25 12 450 6613 -14.8 -15.0 99 0.2 -14.9 247 40 324.6 325.1 292.7 333.5 2.65 13 400 7495 -20.4 -20.7 98 0.3 -20.5 260 43 328.5 328.9 293.0 334.9 1.84 14 350 8471 -27.3 -35.1 47 7.9 -28.5 253 40 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.0 0.55 15 300 9558 -37.0 -40.6 69 3.6 -37.4 264 40 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.6 0.37 16 250 10790 -47.7 -48.2 95 0.4 -47.8 272 43 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.19 17 200 12221 -60.2 -60.3 98 0.1 -60.2 269 53 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 18 150 13976 -64.2 -72.6 31 8.3 -64.3 270 45 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16471 -62.5 -83.8 4 21.3 -62.7 270 41 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.06 m Freezing level: 626.08 mb = 4044.37 m = 13268.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.38 mb = 3907.08 m = 12818.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.98 mb = 1125.24 m = 3691.68 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1374.29 m = 4508.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.35 mb = 1276.99 m = 4189.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.35 mb = 1525.35 m = 5004.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.35 mb = 1727.59 m = 5667.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 798.35 mb = 2040.08 m = 6693.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 26.11 Bulk Shear: 44.38 m/s