MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.37,-93.92 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -93.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 974 311 28.4 17.8 53 10.6 21.0 195 14 303.8 306.3 295.1 343.2 13.25 2 950 528 28.3 17.1 51 11.2 20.5 200 28 305.9 308.3 295.5 344.8 12.99 3 900 1009 28.6 13.3 39 15.3 18.3 224 47 311.0 313.0 295.3 343.9 10.74 4 850 1517 27.9 10.0 33 18.0 16.2 238 44 315.4 317.1 295.2 343.8 9.08 5 800 2051 25.1 7.9 33 17.2 14.1 255 28 317.9 319.5 295.4 344.4 8.38 6 750 2613 20.3 6.3 40 14.0 11.6 262 17 318.6 320.2 295.3 344.1 8.02 7 700 3203 15.0 4.3 49 10.7 8.6 269 11 319.1 320.5 295.0 342.9 7.46 8 650 3825 10.3 -2.6 40 12.9 3.4 265 13 320.6 321.6 293.4 336.4 4.85 9 600 4485 5.1 -8.4 37 13.5 -1.2 249 18 322.1 322.7 292.6 333.3 3.39 10 550 5187 -1.2 -9.6 53 8.4 -4.9 245 21 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.9 3.36 11 500 5938 -7.9 -9.1 91 1.2 -8.4 256 23 323.4 324.1 293.3 336.1 3.85 12 450 6748 -13.9 -16.2 82 2.3 -14.7 267 20 325.8 326.3 292.8 333.9 2.39 13 400 7632 -20.0 -26.0 59 6.0 -21.5 301 18 329.0 329.2 292.6 333.1 1.15 14 350 8606 -28.2 -35.2 51 7.0 -29.2 288 20 330.8 330.9 292.5 332.8 0.55 15 300 9695 -35.4 -46.6 31 11.3 -36.4 295 24 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.19 16 250 10938 -45.4 -47.3 82 1.8 -45.6 292 39 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.4 0.22 17 200 12393 -54.5 -65.2 25 10.8 -54.7 281 33 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14205 -61.2 -75.6 13 14.4 -61.4 295 28 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16689 -64.1 -83.1 6 19.0 -64.2 235 11 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.96 m Freezing level: 559.22 mb = 5057.73 m = 16593.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.60 mb = 4313.58 m = 14152.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.50 % Est. max temperature: 41.12 C = 106.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.19 mb = 1682.13 m = 5518.73 ft T: 27.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.29 mb = 3923.54 m = 12872.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.25 C = 113.46 F Cap Strength: 9.09 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.07 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 933.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 727.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.75 mb = 2512.11 m = 8241.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.75 mb = 5132.31 m = 16838.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.75 mb = 11959.94 m = 39238.16 ft B at Equ Level: 929.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.75 mb = 14907.26 m = 48907.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.2 neg: -13.9 tot: 370.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 22.42 Bulk Shear: 41.66 m/s