MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509291200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 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 169 SFC 986 291 28.7 15.5 45 13.1 19.8 180 9 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.6 11.32 2 950 621 24.3 13.8 52 10.5 17.4 186 13 301.9 303.8 292.5 333.0 10.51 3 900 1091 19.9 12.8 64 7.1 15.3 192 13 302.0 303.9 292.4 332.7 10.38 4 850 1580 15.8 10.9 73 4.9 12.7 199 14 302.7 304.5 292.1 331.5 9.68 5 800 2092 12.0 5.5 64 6.5 8.3 205 12 304.0 305.3 290.3 325.3 7.08 6 750 2630 9.6 -6.9 31 16.5 2.2 195 10 307.0 307.6 287.6 316.6 3.04 7 700 3200 7.3 -16.1 17 23.4 -1.4 175 12 310.6 310.9 287.3 315.7 1.56 8 650 3806 4.9 -27.8 7 32.7 -4.6 163 15 314.5 314.6 287.6 316.6 0.60 9 600 4453 1.1 -32.1 6 33.2 -7.4 171 16 317.4 317.5 288.4 318.9 0.43 10 550 5147 -3.0 -33.9 7 30.9 -10.4 185 20 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.9 0.39 11 500 5892 -8.9 -34.3 11 25.4 -14.4 192 20 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.42 12 450 6698 -15.0 -37.8 12 22.8 -19.1 200 23 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.33 13 400 7577 -21.6 -38.9 19 17.3 -24.2 205 28 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.33 14 350 8545 -29.6 -46.2 19 16.6 -31.3 202 27 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.17 15 300 9624 -37.8 -41.2 71 3.3 -38.1 224 20 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10854 -47.4 -52.7 55 5.3 -47.6 240 18 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12302 -55.2 -63.0 37 7.8 -55.4 247 15 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14113 -60.1 -77.1 9 17.0 -60.3 233 21 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16602 -65.8 -83.3 7 17.5 -66.0 249 8 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.34 m Freezing level: 586.82 mb = 4635.99 m = 15209.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.05 mb = 2966.45 m = 9732.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.43 mb = 1941.39 m = 6369.32 ft T: 13.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 20.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.61 mb = 2361.07 m = 7746.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 0.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 12.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 178.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 273.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.40 mb = 1962.38 m = 6438.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 447.40 mb = 6741.10 m = 22116.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.40 mb = 9453.57 m = 31015.26 ft B at Equ Level: 48.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.40 mb = 10657.53 m = 34965.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.3 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 215.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 28.25 Bulk Shear: 1.75 m/s