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: 42.21,-92.43 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -92.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 973 282 19.9 19.3 96 0.6 19.5 85 10 295.3 297.9 293.6 337.2 14.59 2 950 489 19.8 18.4 91 1.4 18.9 105 18 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.3 14.17 3 900 956 18.4 16.6 89 1.8 17.2 154 27 300.5 302.9 294.2 339.7 13.35 4 850 1445 15.6 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 174 35 302.5 304.8 294.2 339.6 12.54 5 800 1958 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.6 183 40 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.1 11.51 6 750 2498 10.0 9.9 99 0.2 9.9 192 45 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.5 10.25 7 700 3070 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.8 203 51 310.1 311.8 293.6 337.1 8.80 8 650 3675 2.9 2.9 100 0.0 2.9 213 54 312.2 313.6 293.0 334.8 7.25 9 600 4319 -0.8 -1.0 98 0.2 -0.9 221 55 315.2 316.4 292.8 334.0 5.94 10 550 5010 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 227 58 319.0 320.0 293.1 335.0 4.96 11 500 5756 -8.4 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.6 231 62 322.8 323.6 293.3 335.8 3.93 12 450 6565 -14.0 -14.3 97 0.3 -14.1 238 66 325.7 326.2 293.1 335.2 2.81 13 400 7449 -19.8 -19.8 100 0.0 -19.8 243 65 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.2 1.99 14 350 8428 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.8 244 58 334.1 334.3 294.0 338.9 1.34 15 300 9527 -33.6 -33.5 100 -0.0 -33.6 251 57 338.1 338.2 294.6 340.9 0.75 16 250 10779 -43.7 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 260 60 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.32 17 200 12236 -56.3 -56.5 98 0.2 -56.3 264 63 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 13999 -71.1 -71.5 95 0.4 -71.1 260 91 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 19 100 16462 -60.5 -83.5 3 23.0 -60.7 272 38 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.60 m Freezing level: 610.53 mb = 4183.77 m = 13726.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.05 mb = 4159.40 m = 13646.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.49 mb = 358.93 m = 1177.59 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1300.78 m = 4267.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.64 mb = 930.67 m = 3053.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.64 mb = 2413.53 m = 7918.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.64 mb = 8475.87 m = 27807.63 ft B at Equ Level: 279.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.64 mb = 12308.77 m = 40382.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 735.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 735.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 245.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 357.81 m/s