MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 42.73,-94.62 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -94.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 972 369 24.7 21.0 80 3.8 22.1 200 3 300.3 303.3 296.2 348.1 16.31 2 950 571 25.5 18.6 66 6.9 20.7 227 7 303.1 305.7 295.7 345.6 14.37 3 900 1044 21.9 17.1 74 4.8 18.6 272 9 304.1 306.6 295.5 345.0 13.74 4 850 1539 18.3 14.9 81 3.4 16.0 288 12 305.3 307.7 295.1 343.2 12.66 5 800 2057 16.1 7.2 55 9.0 10.7 296 13 308.3 309.8 292.4 332.6 7.96 6 750 2603 13.3 -2.0 35 15.3 5.4 305 16 311.0 311.9 290.2 324.9 4.41 7 700 3179 9.3 -4.8 37 14.1 2.4 310 20 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.0 3.83 8 650 3788 5.0 -8.5 37 13.4 -1.0 309 22 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.6 3.10 9 600 4435 0.4 -12.3 38 12.6 -4.7 304 24 316.6 317.0 290.2 324.7 2.49 10 550 5128 -3.8 -14.7 43 10.9 -7.9 298 28 319.5 320.0 290.9 326.9 2.22 11 500 5873 -8.7 -16.9 51 8.2 -11.6 287 29 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.03 12 450 6681 -14.0 -27.1 32 13.0 -17.3 289 32 325.6 325.8 291.4 328.9 0.93 13 400 7564 -20.5 -28.9 47 8.4 -22.3 289 36 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.6 0.88 14 350 8538 -27.7 -36.7 42 9.0 -29.0 287 42 331.4 331.4 292.6 333.1 0.47 15 300 9625 -37.1 -49.9 25 12.8 -38.0 296 46 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.13 16 250 10856 -47.5 -52.0 60 4.4 -47.7 297 57 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12294 -57.7 -62.5 54 4.8 -57.8 294 62 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14086 -61.0 -75.3 13 14.3 -61.2 292 54 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16588 -62.3 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 299 27 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.13 m Freezing level: 595.49 mb = 4497.84 m = 14756.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.97 mb = 3601.13 m = 11814.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.48 mb = 847.16 m = 2779.37 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 23.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2186.15 m = 7172.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 91.99 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 27.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1606.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.32 mb = 1515.31 m = 4971.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.32 mb = 3210.58 m = 10533.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.32 mb = 12702.36 m = 41673.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1591.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.32 mb = 15602.72 m = 51189.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.5 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 326.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 38.70 Bulk Shear: 41.51 m/s