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: 41.47,-94.29 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 967 354 24.0 20.0 78 4.1 21.2 161 13 300.1 302.9 295.5 345.0 15.35 2 950 509 24.2 18.0 68 6.2 19.9 166 23 301.7 304.3 294.9 342.3 13.77 3 900 980 20.3 16.6 79 3.7 17.7 174 30 302.4 304.8 294.7 341.7 13.29 4 850 1472 16.5 14.8 89 1.7 15.4 185 34 303.5 305.8 294.5 340.7 12.55 5 800 1987 14.0 11.1 82 2.9 12.1 201 38 306.1 308.0 293.7 337.3 10.40 6 750 2530 11.3 7.2 75 4.2 8.8 213 45 308.9 310.5 293.0 334.9 8.51 7 700 3104 7.4 4.9 84 2.5 5.9 222 48 310.7 312.1 293.0 334.7 7.80 8 650 3710 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.9 232 49 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.8 7.12 9 600 4355 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 239 52 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.3 5.80 10 550 5045 -5.2 -6.5 91 1.3 -5.8 248 53 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.7 4.27 11 500 5788 -9.3 -16.2 57 6.8 -11.7 258 51 321.7 322.1 291.4 329.0 2.16 12 450 6595 -14.4 -24.0 44 9.5 -17.0 256 52 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.4 1.22 13 400 7476 -20.8 -27.3 56 6.5 -22.3 251 50 327.9 328.1 292.2 331.6 1.01 14 350 8449 -27.7 -31.4 71 3.7 -28.4 259 51 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.3 0.79 15 300 9538 -36.4 -38.7 80 2.3 -36.7 261 48 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.7 0.45 16 250 10775 -46.5 -46.8 96 0.4 -46.5 271 42 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12214 -59.0 -59.2 98 0.2 -59.0 280 38 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 18 150 13963 -67.2 -70.3 65 3.1 -67.2 282 52 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.02 19 100 16463 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 263 38 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.24 m Freezing level: 611.86 mb = 4202.49 m = 13787.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.25 mb = 4166.30 m = 13668.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.99 mb = 874.67 m = 2869.63 ft T: 21.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 10.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1657.45 m = 5437.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 38.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1136.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.55 mb = 1375.84 m = 4513.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.55 mb = 2703.27 m = 8868.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.55 mb = 12702.76 m = 41675.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1121.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.55 mb = 15109.42 m = 49570.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 522.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 522.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 174.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 5.80 Bulk Shear: 195.87 m/s