MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 29 SEP 25 Station: 41.9,-93.4 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 986 291 16.9 13.0 77 4.0 14.5 175 6 291.2 292.9 288.2 318.3 9.56 2 950 614 21.8 12.8 56 9.0 16.0 197 15 299.3 301.1 291.2 328.0 9.81 3 900 1083 20.2 11.9 59 8.3 14.9 200 14 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.2 9.76 4 850 1573 15.9 10.3 70 5.5 12.4 193 12 302.8 304.5 291.8 330.4 9.30 5 800 2085 12.6 2.5 50 10.2 7.1 191 8 304.6 305.7 289.3 322.0 5.72 6 750 2624 10.5 -9.3 24 19.8 1.9 138 2 308.0 308.5 287.4 316.0 2.52 7 700 3195 7.7 -15.7 17 23.4 -1.2 100 3 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.3 1.60 8 650 3802 4.9 -24.6 10 29.5 -4.3 146 5 314.5 314.7 287.8 317.3 0.80 9 600 4449 1.1 -30.6 7 31.7 -7.3 186 10 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.50 10 550 5143 -2.7 -37.8 5 35.1 -10.4 189 19 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.27 11 500 5890 -8.5 -35.6 9 27.1 -14.2 184 22 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.0 0.37 12 450 6695 -15.3 -35.7 16 20.4 -19.1 187 24 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.5 0.41 13 400 7574 -21.5 -41.3 15 19.8 -24.4 194 25 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.26 14 350 8542 -29.4 -45.6 19 16.2 -31.0 196 26 329.1 329.2 291.7 329.8 0.18 15 300 9622 -38.3 -50.9 25 12.6 -39.1 204 25 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10853 -46.4 -59.5 21 13.1 -46.8 206 29 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.05 17 200 12305 -55.2 -62.9 38 7.7 -55.4 216 21 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14115 -59.9 -77.6 8 17.7 -60.1 245 18 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16594 -66.6 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 266 15 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.47 m Freezing level: 585.53 mb = 4649.89 m = 15255.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.49 mb = 2967.85 m = 9736.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.73 mb = 801.24 m = 2628.69 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.94 mb = 3066.81 m = 10061.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.95 C = 96.71 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.26 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 11.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6652.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.81 mb = 1745.64 m = 5727.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.2 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 215.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -17.6 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 91.04 Bulk Shear: 0.45 m/s