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: 41.54,-91.54 Latitude: 41.54 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 98 SFC 987 215 25.3 20.3 74 5.0 21.8 175 7 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.4 15.37 2 950 547 22.5 17.9 76 4.5 19.4 186 13 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.2 13.74 3 900 1016 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.2 198 17 300.6 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.32 4 850 1504 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 210 21 301.7 303.9 293.8 337.9 12.31 5 800 2017 13.4 9.1 75 4.3 10.7 226 25 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.7 9.08 6 750 2558 9.6 4.8 72 4.8 6.9 232 27 307.0 308.3 291.4 329.0 7.22 7 700 3127 5.9 1.1 71 4.8 3.4 235 30 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.4 5.95 8 650 3730 1.9 -1.1 80 3.0 0.3 239 29 311.1 312.1 291.2 328.0 5.42 9 600 4372 -2.0 -4.6 82 2.6 -3.2 241 28 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.3 4.54 10 550 5059 -5.6 -7.6 86 2.0 -6.5 239 32 317.4 318.1 291.7 330.1 3.92 11 500 5801 -10.2 -11.7 89 1.5 -10.8 227 34 320.5 321.2 291.9 330.9 3.12 12 450 6606 -14.8 -15.2 97 0.4 -15.0 240 42 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.4 2.60 13 400 7488 -20.5 -20.7 99 0.1 -20.5 260 45 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.8 1.85 14 350 8462 -27.7 -32.6 63 4.9 -28.6 251 41 331.4 331.5 292.8 334.0 0.70 15 300 9548 -37.2 -38.4 88 1.2 -37.3 267 45 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.46 16 250 10779 -47.9 -48.1 98 0.2 -47.9 268 39 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12209 -60.3 -60.5 97 0.3 -60.3 272 53 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 18 150 13964 -63.4 -73.7 24 10.3 -63.5 270 45 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16463 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.1 -62.9 268 40 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.04 m Freezing level: 625.40 mb = 4045.98 m = 13274.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3785.38 m = 12419.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.00 mb = 844.00 m = 2768.98 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 17.05 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1246.91 m = 4090.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.19 mb = 1128.48 m = 3702.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.19 mb = 1372.59 m = 4503.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.19 mb = 1878.91 m = 6164.32 ft B at Equ Level: 9.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.19 mb = 15177.75 m = 49795.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 22.05 Bulk Shear: 54.53 m/s