MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 41.46,-90.46 Latitude: 41.46 Longitude: -90.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 986 209 22.2 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 159 8 296.6 299.3 294.4 340.5 15.23 2 950 536 23.8 17.0 66 6.7 19.2 183 24 301.3 303.7 294.2 339.4 12.95 3 900 1007 20.9 15.0 69 5.8 17.0 196 33 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.7 12.04 4 850 1499 17.2 12.9 76 4.3 14.4 205 37 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.3 11.09 5 800 2015 13.6 10.1 79 3.5 11.4 209 34 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.9 9.73 6 750 2556 10.0 6.4 78 3.7 7.9 215 31 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.9 8.04 7 700 3127 6.5 3.0 78 3.6 4.5 223 30 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.6 6.78 8 650 3731 2.5 0.2 85 2.3 1.3 225 31 311.8 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.96 9 600 4374 -1.9 -2.6 95 0.6 -2.3 232 32 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.5 5.28 10 550 5062 -5.9 -6.1 98 0.2 -6.0 250 35 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.2 4.40 11 500 5803 -10.0 -11.4 89 1.4 -10.5 248 37 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.20 12 450 6609 -14.3 -19.1 67 4.8 -15.8 255 42 325.3 325.6 292.2 331.7 1.88 13 400 7492 -20.0 -25.7 60 5.7 -21.4 255 43 329.0 329.2 292.6 333.2 1.18 14 350 8469 -27.0 -33.4 55 6.4 -28.1 263 44 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.7 0.65 15 300 9560 -35.8 -41.8 54 6.1 -36.4 261 42 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.2 0.32 16 250 10798 -46.3 -51.2 57 4.9 -46.5 266 38 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.14 17 200 12242 -58.0 -58.4 95 0.4 -58.0 277 50 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.07 18 150 13994 -68.8 -70.3 81 1.5 -68.8 288 86 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16477 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 277 35 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.41 m Freezing level: 621.91 mb = 4092.50 m = 13426.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.22 mb = 3954.13 m = 12972.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.73 mb = 474.15 m = 1555.61 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1868.59 m = 6130.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 627.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1373.09 m = 4504.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.56 mb = 2582.78 m = 8473.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.56 mb = 11406.99 m = 37424.04 ft B at Equ Level: 626.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.56 mb = 14524.18 m = 47650.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 268.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.39 Bulk Shear: 66.84 m/s