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: 42.18,-92.60 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -92.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 982 288 27.6 20.7 66 6.8 22.7 227 7 302.3 305.2 296.4 349.2 15.88 2 950 579 24.9 17.9 65 7.0 20.0 231 14 302.4 304.9 295.0 342.8 13.68 3 900 1051 20.5 16.8 79 3.7 18.0 235 18 302.6 305.1 295.0 342.6 13.52 4 850 1543 16.8 14.9 89 1.8 15.5 241 25 303.7 306.0 294.7 341.4 12.67 5 800 2058 13.7 12.2 91 1.5 12.7 253 28 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.4 11.24 6 750 2601 11.5 4.8 63 6.7 7.6 278 23 309.1 310.5 292.0 331.3 7.22 7 700 3175 8.0 -0.4 55 8.4 3.6 291 22 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.0 5.31 8 650 3782 4.3 -7.4 42 11.8 -1.0 291 22 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.6 3.36 9 600 4429 0.5 -13.9 33 14.5 -5.1 289 22 316.7 317.1 289.9 323.9 2.17 10 550 5121 -3.5 -16.9 35 13.4 -8.2 286 27 320.0 320.3 290.6 326.2 1.85 11 500 5868 -8.1 -20.2 37 12.2 -11.9 290 29 323.2 323.5 291.3 328.5 1.53 12 450 6678 -13.2 -25.8 34 12.5 -16.6 299 29 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.3 1.04 13 400 7563 -20.3 -29.3 44 9.0 -22.2 303 32 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.7 0.84 14 350 8536 -27.8 -36.8 42 9.0 -29.2 281 28 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.47 15 300 9623 -37.0 -43.7 50 6.7 -37.6 280 32 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.27 16 250 10855 -47.6 -50.6 71 3.1 -47.7 288 36 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.15 17 200 12290 -58.1 -62.2 59 4.1 -58.2 296 45 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 14081 -61.7 -75.2 15 13.5 -61.9 294 38 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16581 -62.1 -84.1 4 21.9 -62.4 277 19 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.59 m Freezing level: 593.53 mb = 4518.22 m = 14823.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.18 mb = 3642.21 m = 11949.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.22 mb = 1154.90 m = 3788.99 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 25.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1629.36 m = 5345.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.96 mb = 1442.76 m = 4733.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.96 mb = 1900.67 m = 6235.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.96 mb = 2545.48 m = 8351.21 ft B at Equ Level: 4.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.96 mb = 15206.81 m = 49890.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 33.96 Bulk Shear: 37.68 m/s