MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 41.18,-91.39 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 993 209 27.9 21.2 67 6.7 23.1 286 6 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.5 16.22 2 950 596 23.4 19.5 79 3.9 20.6 278 8 301.0 303.7 295.6 345.5 15.17 3 900 1066 19.8 17.4 86 2.3 18.2 272 9 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.3 14.05 4 850 1559 17.6 13.3 75 4.4 14.8 266 13 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.5 11.34 5 800 2075 14.1 10.5 79 3.6 11.8 258 15 306.2 308.0 293.4 336.3 9.99 6 750 2617 10.5 6.8 78 3.7 8.3 255 17 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.3 8.31 7 700 3189 7.1 3.0 75 4.2 4.8 251 18 310.4 311.7 292.1 331.4 6.79 8 650 3795 3.3 -0.1 78 3.5 1.5 248 22 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.0 5.84 9 600 4440 -0.7 -3.5 81 2.8 -2.1 247 26 315.3 316.2 292.0 330.9 4.91 10 550 5131 -4.7 -7.4 81 2.7 -5.9 250 33 318.6 319.3 292.1 331.5 3.99 11 500 5875 -9.0 -10.6 88 1.6 -9.6 258 38 322.1 322.8 292.6 333.4 3.41 12 450 6685 -12.9 -13.3 96 0.4 -13.0 269 33 327.1 327.7 293.7 337.4 3.05 13 400 7574 -18.5 -18.7 99 0.2 -18.6 262 29 330.9 331.4 294.0 338.6 2.19 14 350 8557 -25.0 -27.9 77 2.9 -25.6 266 33 335.0 335.3 294.1 339.1 1.10 15 300 9657 -34.0 -36.3 79 2.3 -34.3 274 40 337.4 337.5 294.2 339.6 0.57 16 250 10905 -44.6 -50.7 51 6.0 -45.0 283 44 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.15 17 200 12355 -57.2 -61.2 60 4.0 -57.3 279 46 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14132 -64.6 -72.4 34 7.7 -64.7 295 41 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16594 -65.1 -83.5 6 18.4 -65.3 298 17 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.03 m Freezing level: 608.95 mb = 4324.56 m = 14188.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.23 mb = 4056.67 m = 13309.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.90 mb = 1057.42 m = 3469.19 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1578.20 m = 5177.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1244.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.69 mb = 1175.13 m = 3855.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.69 mb = 2035.66 m = 6678.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.69 mb = 12880.78 m = 42259.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1228.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.69 mb = 15815.40 m = 51887.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 41.39 Bulk Shear: 30.07 m/s