MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 42.62,-91.93 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 971 306 20.0 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 220 9 295.6 298.2 293.6 337.2 14.48 2 950 493 19.2 18.4 95 0.9 18.7 225 18 296.7 299.2 293.7 337.4 14.12 3 900 958 16.7 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 245 27 298.7 301.1 293.4 336.4 12.93 4 850 1444 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 250 28 301.3 303.4 293.0 334.7 11.30 5 800 1956 12.1 9.8 86 2.3 10.7 248 27 304.1 305.8 292.4 332.7 9.58 6 750 2495 9.3 6.1 80 3.2 7.4 245 26 306.7 308.1 291.9 330.5 7.88 7 700 3064 5.5 3.4 87 2.0 4.3 242 26 308.5 309.9 291.7 330.0 7.01 8 650 3666 1.4 0.0 91 1.3 0.7 245 28 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.8 5.91 9 600 4306 -2.4 -10.0 56 7.6 -5.5 242 33 313.3 313.9 289.6 322.9 2.97 10 550 4992 -6.3 -20.0 33 13.7 -10.6 237 42 316.6 316.9 289.2 321.4 1.42 11 500 5731 -10.3 -25.9 27 15.6 -14.4 229 41 320.5 320.6 289.9 323.7 0.92 12 450 6534 -15.7 -30.4 27 14.7 -18.9 225 43 323.5 323.6 290.6 325.9 0.68 13 400 7412 -21.2 -33.6 32 12.5 -23.4 226 55 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.56 14 350 8386 -26.6 -27.8 90 1.2 -26.8 223 67 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.0 1.12 15 300 9484 -34.3 -35.1 92 0.8 -34.4 215 78 337.1 337.2 294.2 339.5 0.64 16 250 10730 -45.1 -46.5 86 1.4 -45.2 217 83 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.23 17 200 12195 -51.8 -67.3 14 15.5 -52.2 224 68 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14025 -59.0 -76.7 8 17.7 -59.2 237 60 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16557 -62.2 -83.6 4 21.5 -62.4 248 25 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.83 m Freezing level: 632.01 mb = 3896.58 m = 12783.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.65 mb = 3732.22 m = 12244.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.14 mb = 411.03 m = 1348.51 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 968.68 m = 3178.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.58 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 36.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.19 mb = 860.91 m = 2824.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.19 mb = 2327.34 m = 7635.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.19 mb = 8278.87 m = 27161.30 ft B at Equ Level: 410.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.19 mb = 12026.55 m = 39456.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: -7.8 tot: 75.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 16.70 Bulk Shear: 24.69 m/s