MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509111800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509111800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 21 SEP 25 Station: 42.4,-91.3 Latitude: 42.40 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 970 304 32.1 18.9 45 13.3 22.6 181 10 307.9 310.6 296.8 351.0 14.27 2 950 492 32.3 12.1 29 20.2 19.0 189 19 310.0 311.8 294.0 338.8 9.40 3 900 975 28.8 7.8 27 21.0 15.7 204 26 311.2 312.6 292.8 334.0 7.37 4 850 1479 24.3 5.9 30 18.5 13.1 214 29 311.6 312.9 292.5 332.9 6.84 5 800 2004 19.6 4.1 36 15.5 10.5 222 31 312.0 313.3 292.3 332.1 6.44 6 750 2555 14.6 2.2 43 12.4 7.6 227 32 312.4 313.5 292.0 331.1 5.98 7 700 3132 9.2 -0.1 52 9.4 4.2 229 30 312.7 313.7 291.6 329.7 5.41 8 650 3741 4.7 -8.4 38 13.1 -1.2 231 23 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.3 3.11 9 600 4388 -0.1 -13.1 37 13.0 -5.2 234 16 316.0 316.5 289.9 323.7 2.33 10 550 5077 -5.7 -17.7 38 12.0 -9.8 242 15 317.3 317.7 289.7 323.1 1.73 11 500 5816 -11.4 -22.7 39 11.3 -14.6 248 17 319.2 319.4 289.8 323.4 1.24 12 450 6614 -17.3 -24.2 55 6.9 -19.0 255 18 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.7 1.21 13 400 7485 -23.9 -25.9 84 2.0 -24.3 261 20 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.0 1.16 14 350 8446 -31.2 -35.3 67 4.1 -31.8 258 22 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.54 15 300 9518 -40.1 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.4 252 27 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 16 250 10736 -49.5 -55.3 50 5.8 -49.7 276 25 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.08 17 200 12176 -54.9 -67.6 19 12.8 -55.1 270 31 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14001 -57.8 -79.2 5 21.4 -58.0 248 33 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16509 -64.7 -83.0 6 18.2 -64.9 250 24 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.51 m Freezing level: 600.78 mb = 4377.66 m = 14362.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.80 mb = 3605.73 m = 11829.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.75 % Est. max temperature: 36.06 C = 96.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.06 mb = 1992.90 m = 6538.30 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 27.93 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.96 mb = 3616.22 m = 11864.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.10 C = 100.58 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.73 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 962.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.96 mb = 3227.19 m = 10587.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.96 mb = 4294.61 m = 14089.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.96 mb = 11359.69 m = 37268.87 ft B at Equ Level: 949.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.96 mb = 13713.24 m = 44990.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.7 neg: -3.1 tot: 159.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 43.16 Bulk Shear: 22.30 m/s