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: 42.16,-92.99 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 310 27.1 21.6 72 5.6 23.1 249 6 302.1 305.2 297.0 351.7 16.80 2 950 578 25.2 17.9 64 7.3 20.1 246 12 302.7 305.3 295.1 343.4 13.72 3 900 1050 21.1 16.7 76 4.3 18.1 243 17 303.2 305.7 295.0 343.0 13.43 4 850 1543 17.5 14.4 82 3.1 15.4 242 23 304.5 306.7 294.6 340.9 12.22 5 800 2059 13.8 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 251 23 305.9 307.9 294.0 338.9 10.99 6 750 2602 11.6 5.2 65 6.4 7.8 280 21 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.8 7.40 7 700 3176 8.0 -0.4 55 8.4 3.6 293 22 311.3 312.3 291.2 328.0 5.32 8 650 3783 4.4 -8.7 38 13.1 -1.4 292 22 314.0 314.5 289.9 323.8 3.05 9 600 4430 0.5 -14.0 33 14.5 -5.1 291 23 316.7 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.16 10 550 5123 -3.3 -16.9 34 13.6 -8.2 287 27 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.4 1.85 11 500 5870 -8.0 -20.3 37 12.2 -11.9 294 27 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.5 1.53 12 450 6680 -13.5 -25.7 35 12.3 -16.7 302 29 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.0 1.04 13 400 7564 -20.3 -28.5 48 8.1 -22.1 302 31 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.8 0.91 14 350 8538 -27.7 -36.7 42 9.0 -29.0 280 29 331.5 331.5 292.6 333.2 0.47 15 300 9624 -36.8 -44.3 46 7.4 -37.5 288 32 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.25 16 250 10857 -47.6 -50.5 71 3.0 -47.7 288 35 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.15 17 200 12292 -58.2 -62.0 61 3.8 -58.2 298 46 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 14083 -61.7 -75.3 15 13.6 -61.8 295 39 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16582 -62.3 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.5 280 20 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.62 m Freezing level: 593.02 mb = 4526.81 m = 14851.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.92 mb = 3609.64 m = 11842.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.66 mb = 1014.94 m = 3329.82 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 27.92 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.57 mb = 1740.10 m = 5708.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1379.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.72 mb = 1485.38 m = 4873.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.72 mb = 2051.72 m = 6731.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.72 mb = 12588.18 m = 41299.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1375.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.72 mb = 15421.39 m = 50594.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 114.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 50.00 Bulk Shear: 27.58 m/s