MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 42.75,-91.93 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 978 319 26.5 21.7 75 4.8 23.0 152 5 301.6 304.7 296.9 351.4 16.91 2 950 575 23.6 19.1 76 4.4 20.5 157 6 301.1 303.8 295.4 344.7 14.85 3 900 1045 20.4 15.6 74 4.8 17.1 176 6 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.4 12.46 4 850 1537 16.9 11.9 73 5.0 13.7 195 7 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.7 10.37 5 800 2052 13.9 7.6 66 6.3 10.1 214 6 306.0 307.5 291.9 330.8 8.21 6 750 2593 10.5 2.2 56 8.3 5.9 235 6 308.0 309.1 290.6 326.3 5.97 7 700 3164 7.0 -5.1 42 12.1 1.3 241 7 310.2 311.0 289.4 322.0 3.74 8 650 3769 4.0 -6.0 48 10.0 -0.7 238 7 313.5 314.2 290.4 325.5 3.76 9 600 4417 1.2 -4.5 66 5.7 -1.6 206 6 317.6 318.4 292.3 332.3 4.57 10 550 5113 -2.1 -11.1 50 9.0 -5.9 182 4 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.5 2.99 11 500 5864 -6.4 -22.1 27 15.8 -11.3 26 2 325.3 325.5 291.7 329.8 1.30 12 450 6679 -12.0 -28.4 24 16.4 -16.2 356 1 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.1 0.82 13 400 7569 -18.1 -33.1 26 14.9 -21.2 316 3 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.6 0.59 14 350 8551 -25.5 -39.0 27 13.4 -27.5 293 4 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.7 0.37 15 300 9649 -34.2 -43.9 37 9.6 -35.2 277 6 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.26 16 250 10895 -45.1 -48.6 67 3.6 -45.3 248 7 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.18 17 200 12347 -55.8 -59.4 64 3.6 -55.9 225 8 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14148 -61.9 -75.1 16 13.2 -62.1 223 12 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16610 -67.9 -81.6 12 13.7 -68.0 274 11 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.35 m Freezing level: 581.45 mb = 4675.18 m = 15338.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.67 mb = 3550.08 m = 11647.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.89 mb = 931.12 m = 3054.83 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 29.34 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1670.62 m = 5480.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 23.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.00 mb = 1366.61 m = 4483.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.00 mb = 2242.61 m = 7357.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.00 mb = 11967.99 m = 39264.58 ft B at Equ Level: 509.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.00 mb = 14065.41 m = 46145.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 164.40 Bulk Shear: 3.14 m/s