MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 41.54,-93.51 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 985 264 22.2 20.6 91 1.6 21.1 184 7 296.7 299.5 294.8 342.0 15.69 2 950 577 21.2 18.7 85 2.5 19.5 207 14 298.7 301.3 294.4 340.6 14.39 3 900 1044 18.0 16.4 90 1.6 16.9 227 16 300.1 302.5 294.0 338.5 13.13 4 850 1532 15.2 13.8 91 1.4 14.3 238 17 302.1 304.3 293.5 336.9 11.75 5 800 2045 12.6 10.6 88 2.0 11.3 244 17 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.7 10.08 6 750 2586 10.7 4.2 64 6.5 7.0 260 17 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.4 6.92 7 700 3158 7.3 -0.5 57 7.9 3.2 263 18 310.6 311.6 290.9 327.0 5.26 8 650 3763 2.5 -2.9 67 5.5 -0.2 264 19 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.7 4.74 9 600 4406 -1.8 -4.0 85 2.2 -2.9 261 25 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.0 4.74 10 550 5093 -6.1 -9.8 75 3.7 -7.6 258 29 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.6 3.31 11 500 5833 -10.5 -15.2 69 4.6 -12.2 255 33 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.1 2.36 12 450 6635 -15.8 -21.3 63 5.5 -17.4 245 36 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.7 1.56 13 400 7513 -21.4 -27.0 61 5.5 -22.7 244 44 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.8 1.05 14 350 8485 -28.2 -37.3 42 9.1 -29.5 245 54 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.44 15 300 9570 -37.1 -41.9 61 4.9 -37.5 239 65 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.32 16 250 10803 -46.6 -49.4 74 2.7 -46.8 232 75 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.17 17 200 12255 -56.0 -60.0 61 3.9 -56.1 224 80 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.06 18 150 14048 -61.8 -76.4 13 14.7 -61.9 242 55 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16555 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.4 247 24 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.03 m Freezing level: 621.02 mb = 4135.53 m = 13567.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.32 mb = 3734.15 m = 12251.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.93 mb = 468.59 m = 1537.35 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.22 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1193.85 m = 3916.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 31.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 933.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.05 mb = 976.83 m = 3204.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.05 mb = 1713.00 m = 5620.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.05 mb = 2343.17 m = 7687.46 ft B at Equ Level: 16.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.05 mb = 14384.38 m = 47192.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 26.81 Bulk Shear: 34.82 m/s