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: 42.96,-91.78 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 968 332 19.5 18.7 95 0.8 19.0 215 10 295.4 298.0 293.3 336.2 14.19 2 950 490 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.4 220 18 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.3 13.89 3 900 954 16.2 16.0 98 0.2 16.1 245 27 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.4 12.80 4 850 1440 14.3 13.2 94 1.0 13.6 248 27 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.4 11.31 5 800 1951 12.0 9.9 87 2.1 10.7 246 26 304.0 305.8 292.4 332.8 9.64 6 750 2490 9.2 6.3 82 3.0 7.5 244 26 306.6 308.1 291.9 330.8 7.99 7 700 3059 5.6 3.0 83 2.7 4.2 243 25 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.5 6.78 8 650 3661 1.3 0.3 93 1.0 0.8 245 27 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.1 6.01 9 600 4301 -2.7 -7.0 72 4.3 -4.7 240 32 312.9 313.7 290.2 324.9 3.76 10 550 4986 -6.5 -19.1 36 12.6 -10.5 236 41 316.3 316.6 289.2 321.5 1.53 11 500 5725 -10.4 -26.8 25 16.4 -14.6 227 42 320.4 320.5 289.8 323.3 0.85 12 450 6528 -15.8 -32.4 23 16.6 -19.2 221 44 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.56 13 400 7405 -21.4 -36.9 23 15.5 -23.9 224 55 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.40 14 350 8379 -26.8 -28.3 87 1.5 -27.1 220 67 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.06 15 300 9475 -34.3 -34.9 94 0.6 -34.4 213 78 337.0 337.2 294.2 339.5 0.65 16 250 10722 -45.2 -45.6 96 0.4 -45.2 218 83 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.26 17 200 12185 -51.9 -67.4 14 15.4 -52.3 222 69 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14016 -58.7 -77.0 8 18.3 -58.9 236 62 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16552 -61.4 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.7 247 27 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.23 m Freezing level: 633.96 mb = 3866.76 m = 12686.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.06 mb = 3747.22 m = 12293.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.06 mb = 426.64 m = 1399.71 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 912.86 m = 2994.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.12 C = 71.81 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.87 mb = 860.18 m = 2822.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.87 mb = 2658.00 m = 8720.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.87 mb = 8075.30 m = 26493.45 ft B at Equ Level: 351.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.87 mb = 11416.14 m = 37454.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.5 neg: -5.9 tot: 74.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 16.97 Bulk Shear: 20.74 m/s