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,-93.43 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 969 321 16.4 16.0 97 0.4 16.1 38 15 292.1 294.2 290.5 325.7 11.85 2 950 494 16.2 15.3 95 0.8 15.6 33 24 293.6 295.7 290.7 326.6 11.58 3 900 955 16.0 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 11 15 298.0 300.0 291.9 330.6 11.23 4 850 1440 13.9 11.7 86 2.2 12.5 301 14 300.7 302.6 291.9 330.8 10.20 5 800 1952 12.9 9.5 80 3.4 10.8 255 27 304.9 306.7 292.5 333.0 9.35 6 750 2493 9.8 6.4 79 3.4 7.8 255 36 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.05 7 700 3062 5.9 2.9 81 3.1 4.2 264 47 309.1 310.3 291.6 329.8 6.74 8 650 3667 3.6 -1.0 72 4.7 1.2 264 51 313.1 314.1 291.8 330.3 5.47 9 600 4316 0.9 -5.3 63 6.3 -2.1 264 52 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.0 4.28 10 550 5008 -4.4 -7.5 79 3.1 -5.8 270 47 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.7 3.95 11 500 5751 -9.2 -10.5 90 1.3 -9.7 271 39 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.2 3.44 12 450 6558 -13.7 -14.4 95 0.7 -13.9 266 33 326.0 326.6 293.2 335.5 2.79 13 400 7443 -19.0 -19.1 99 0.1 -19.1 260 32 330.3 330.7 293.7 337.6 2.11 14 350 8422 -25.2 -25.2 100 0.0 -25.2 246 29 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.8 1.41 15 300 9522 -33.1 -33.1 100 -0.0 -33.1 236 29 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.7 0.78 16 250 10775 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 223 35 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12237 -55.8 -55.8 99 0.1 -55.8 215 40 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14001 -71.2 -71.6 95 0.4 -71.2 209 46 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.02 19 100 16462 -60.6 -83.6 3 23.1 -60.8 275 39 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.11 m Freezing level: 591.39 mb = 4434.88 m = 14549.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.84 mb = 3896.89 m = 12784.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.31 mb = 374.98 m = 1230.24 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2108.97 m = 6919.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 2.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5398.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.36 mb = 970.74 m = 3184.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 7.9 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.1 neg: -73.2 tot: 185.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 338.14 m/s