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: 41.47,-92.01 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 239 22.6 20.0 85 2.6 20.8 148 10 297.5 300.2 294.7 341.4 15.16 2 950 511 25.2 17.2 61 8.0 19.7 166 28 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.6 13.09 3 900 985 22.2 14.9 63 7.3 17.3 182 38 304.4 306.6 294.3 339.9 11.92 4 850 1479 18.4 13.2 72 5.2 15.0 196 45 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.2 11.28 5 800 1996 14.0 11.6 86 2.4 12.4 205 49 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.5 10.81 6 750 2537 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 9.0 218 50 307.3 309.0 293.2 335.4 9.29 7 700 3109 7.2 3.4 77 3.8 5.1 229 54 310.5 311.8 292.3 332.2 7.02 8 650 3716 3.0 1.1 87 1.9 2.0 228 49 312.4 313.6 292.4 332.4 6.41 9 600 4360 -1.5 -2.0 96 0.6 -1.7 234 43 314.4 315.5 292.2 331.8 5.50 10 550 5049 -5.3 -6.3 93 1.0 -5.8 243 43 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.34 11 500 5792 -9.7 -11.1 90 1.4 -10.3 252 46 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.0 3.27 12 450 6598 -14.6 -15.8 90 1.2 -15.0 249 48 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.3 2.47 13 400 7481 -20.5 -21.4 92 0.9 -20.8 249 46 328.3 328.7 292.9 334.4 1.73 14 350 8456 -27.0 -28.2 89 1.2 -27.2 254 48 332.4 332.6 293.4 336.3 1.07 15 300 9548 -35.6 -36.0 96 0.4 -35.7 253 51 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.59 16 250 10791 -45.0 -45.0 100 0.0 -45.0 273 41 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.28 17 200 12244 -56.7 -56.8 99 0.1 -56.8 285 67 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.09 18 150 14007 -70.6 -71.0 95 0.4 -70.6 290 106 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 19 100 16475 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 275 38 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.72 m Freezing level: 616.16 mb = 4151.87 m = 13621.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.17 mb = 4055.01 m = 13303.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.16 mb = 574.58 m = 1885.10 ft T: 24.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1966.89 m = 6452.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.66 mb = 1573.38 m = 5161.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.66 mb = 2364.10 m = 7756.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.66 mb = 11175.99 m = 36666.19 ft B at Equ Level: 760.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.66 mb = 15084.59 m = 49489.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 704.8 neg: -3.3 tot: 701.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 233.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 12.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 182.33 m/s