MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-93.43 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 978 351 26.0 23.7 87 2.3 24.3 138 9 301.1 304.6 298.2 357.7 19.21 2 950 610 25.4 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 152 19 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.6 16.10 3 900 1084 22.4 16.8 71 5.6 18.5 181 24 304.6 307.1 295.5 344.9 13.50 4 850 1579 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.0 202 23 305.8 308.1 295.0 343.0 12.42 5 800 2098 16.6 8.6 59 8.0 11.6 225 19 308.8 310.5 293.2 335.6 8.79 6 750 2646 14.3 5.9 57 8.4 9.3 247 12 312.1 313.6 293.4 336.3 7.81 7 700 3227 11.6 0.9 48 10.6 5.6 283 9 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.8 5.85 8 650 3842 7.8 -3.3 45 11.1 2.1 328 11 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.60 9 600 4496 2.9 -7.7 46 10.6 -2.0 333 22 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.2 3.57 10 550 5193 -3.1 -11.6 52 8.5 -6.6 322 28 320.4 321.0 291.7 329.9 2.86 11 500 5938 -9.9 -13.3 76 3.4 -11.2 322 28 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.1 2.74 12 450 6742 -15.2 -23.1 51 7.9 -17.4 325 28 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.7 1.33 13 400 7624 -19.9 -28.7 45 8.9 -21.8 325 24 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.4 0.89 14 350 8600 -27.5 -28.5 91 1.0 -27.7 315 22 331.6 331.9 293.2 335.4 1.04 15 300 9690 -35.8 -39.0 72 3.3 -36.1 309 15 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.43 16 250 10929 -46.4 -47.1 93 0.7 -46.4 320 20 337.1 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.22 17 200 12374 -55.7 -58.4 72 2.6 -55.8 297 16 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.8 0.07 18 150 14179 -57.8 -75.6 8 17.9 -58.0 279 15 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16722 -61.4 -84.3 3 22.9 -61.6 232 14 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.17 m Freezing level: 575.82 mb = 4833.36 m = 15857.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.76 mb = 4165.96 m = 13667.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.37 mb = 643.31 m = 2110.57 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 22.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1986.12 m = 6516.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1865.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.56 mb = 1422.01 m = 4665.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.56 mb = 4090.41 m = 13419.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.56 mb = 12677.72 m = 41593.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1862.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.56 mb = 16092.23 m = 52795.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.1 neg: -12.5 tot: 237.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.92 Bulk Rich Number: 12.53 Bulk Shear: 148.90 m/s