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: 42.69,-93.43 Latitude: 42.69 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 977 359 25.8 23.6 87 2.2 24.2 143 10 300.9 304.4 298.1 357.0 19.04 2 950 609 24.9 20.8 78 4.1 22.0 153 19 302.4 305.5 296.9 351.3 16.53 3 900 1083 22.0 17.2 74 4.8 18.7 182 24 304.2 306.7 295.6 345.4 13.86 4 850 1578 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.8 207 24 305.9 308.2 294.9 342.4 12.16 5 800 2097 16.7 8.3 58 8.4 11.5 226 18 309.0 310.6 293.2 335.4 8.64 6 750 2645 14.4 6.0 57 8.5 9.3 247 12 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.5 7.82 7 700 3226 11.6 0.9 48 10.7 5.6 281 9 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.7 5.82 8 650 3841 7.7 -2.6 48 10.3 2.3 328 12 317.6 318.6 292.6 333.2 4.85 9 600 4495 2.7 -7.5 47 10.2 -2.0 332 21 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.1 3.62 10 550 5192 -3.1 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.5 320 28 320.4 320.9 291.7 330.2 2.96 11 500 5937 -9.9 -13.5 75 3.6 -11.2 321 28 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.0 2.71 12 450 6741 -15.1 -23.8 48 8.7 -17.4 323 28 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.25 13 400 7623 -19.8 -29.8 41 9.9 -22.0 326 24 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.2 0.81 14 350 8598 -27.5 -30.0 79 2.5 -28.0 316 23 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.9 0.90 15 300 9689 -35.9 -37.9 81 2.1 -36.1 307 16 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.6 0.48 16 250 10927 -46.3 -47.6 87 1.3 -46.3 315 21 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.21 17 200 12373 -56.0 -58.4 74 2.4 -56.1 295 16 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.07 18 150 14177 -57.7 -75.9 8 18.2 -57.9 280 15 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16722 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.6 232 14 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.59 m Freezing level: 576.81 mb = 4818.16 m = 15807.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.42 mb = 4182.22 m = 13721.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.40 mb = 642.38 m = 2107.51 ft T: 24.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 21.60 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1951.80 m = 6403.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 32.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1929.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.12 mb = 1345.19 m = 4413.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.12 mb = 3991.84 m = 13096.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.12 mb = 12757.08 m = 41853.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1920.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.12 mb = 15677.04 m = 51433.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.4 neg: -12.8 tot: 236.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.75 Bulk Shear: 151.34 m/s