MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42.05,-92.94 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -92.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 980 301 27.4 21.8 71 5.7 23.3 235 5 302.3 305.4 297.2 352.5 16.99 2 950 578 25.7 17.6 61 8.1 20.1 240 11 303.2 305.7 295.0 343.0 13.41 3 900 1051 21.6 16.3 72 5.3 17.9 243 17 303.8 306.2 294.9 342.5 13.04 4 850 1545 17.6 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 244 22 304.5 306.8 294.6 341.1 12.27 5 800 2061 13.4 12.6 95 0.9 12.9 248 24 305.5 307.6 294.3 340.0 11.52 6 750 2603 11.6 5.0 64 6.6 7.8 277 22 309.2 310.5 292.1 331.5 7.29 7 700 3177 8.0 -0.1 56 8.1 3.7 293 22 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.3 5.42 8 650 3784 4.4 -8.3 39 12.7 -1.3 293 22 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.1 3.15 9 600 4431 0.6 -13.4 34 14.0 -5.0 291 22 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.3 2.26 10 550 5124 -3.2 -15.5 38 12.3 -7.8 286 27 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.3 2.08 11 500 5872 -8.0 -20.0 38 12.0 -11.9 295 26 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.56 12 450 6682 -13.5 -25.3 36 11.8 -16.6 303 27 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.1 1.09 13 400 7566 -20.3 -29.3 44 9.0 -22.2 305 28 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.7 0.85 14 350 8539 -27.7 -36.7 42 9.0 -29.0 283 27 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.47 15 300 9626 -36.8 -44.3 46 7.4 -37.5 287 31 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.25 16 250 10859 -47.5 -50.0 76 2.4 -47.7 288 34 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.16 17 200 12294 -58.1 -62.1 60 4.0 -58.2 298 46 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 14086 -61.7 -75.3 15 13.6 -61.8 296 37 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16583 -62.4 -84.0 4 21.6 -62.6 280 19 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.89 m Freezing level: 592.30 mb = 4538.00 m = 14888.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.74 mb = 3625.28 m = 11893.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.09 mb = 1021.34 m = 3350.80 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 28.42 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1768.59 m = 5802.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1338.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.98 mb = 1575.02 m = 5167.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.98 mb = 1934.13 m = 6345.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.98 mb = 12549.28 m = 41171.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1336.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.98 mb = 15359.35 m = 50390.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 42.71 Bulk Shear: 31.34 m/s