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,-92.93 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -92.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 970 308 18.5 18.1 97 0.4 18.2 333 9 294.2 296.7 292.6 333.1 13.61 2 950 488 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.4 342 12 295.2 297.6 292.5 333.0 13.16 3 900 951 16.3 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 322 6 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.0 12.64 4 850 1436 14.2 13.8 98 0.4 14.0 253 5 301.0 303.2 293.2 335.6 11.77 5 800 1947 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 225 10 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.7 10.74 6 750 2485 9.3 9.1 98 0.2 9.2 219 16 306.7 308.5 293.3 336.0 9.70 7 700 3054 6.4 6.3 99 0.1 6.3 219 22 309.6 311.2 293.3 335.8 8.56 8 650 3658 3.2 3.1 99 0.1 3.1 220 28 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.5 7.38 9 600 4301 0.0 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 220 34 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.28 10 550 4992 -3.2 -3.7 97 0.5 -3.4 219 39 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.5 5.32 11 500 5737 -7.5 -7.9 97 0.3 -7.7 219 43 323.8 324.7 293.8 337.8 4.23 12 450 6545 -12.6 -12.7 99 0.1 -12.6 223 47 327.4 328.1 293.9 338.3 3.20 13 400 7431 -18.1 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.1 229 49 331.4 331.9 294.2 339.4 2.29 14 350 8412 -24.9 -24.9 100 0.0 -24.9 234 51 335.3 335.5 294.4 340.5 1.46 15 300 9513 -33.0 -33.0 100 -0.0 -33.0 240 54 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.8 0.79 16 250 10769 -42.7 -42.7 100 -0.0 -42.8 247 59 342.5 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12235 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.4 254 63 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14003 -70.8 -71.2 95 0.4 -70.8 249 79 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 19 100 16460 -61.0 -82.1 4 21.2 -61.3 270 36 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.36 m Freezing level: 599.31 mb = 4311.07 m = 14143.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.51 mb = 4281.24 m = 14045.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.45 mb = 358.78 m = 1177.10 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.42 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1047.15 m = 3435.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.58 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4374.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.77 mb = 830.21 m = 2723.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: -9.4 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 122.50 m/s