MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.73,-93.44 Latitude: 41.73 Longitude: -93.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 978 279 31.4 24.5 67 6.9 26.2 7 0 306.5 310.2 300.1 367.1 20.11 2 950 539 28.5 22.4 69 6.2 24.0 251 1 306.1 309.5 298.8 360.8 18.20 3 900 1018 24.0 21.4 85 2.6 22.1 228 4 306.2 309.6 298.8 360.6 18.07 4 850 1517 21.0 19.1 89 2.0 19.6 220 9 308.2 311.3 298.4 358.4 16.57 5 800 2042 20.3 9.3 49 11.0 13.3 215 15 312.8 314.6 294.6 341.4 9.22 6 750 2596 16.6 5.4 47 11.2 9.9 223 21 314.6 316.1 293.9 338.2 7.51 7 700 3180 13.2 1.6 45 11.6 6.6 228 30 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.6 6.14 8 650 3800 9.7 -1.4 46 11.1 3.7 232 32 319.9 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.32 9 600 4459 4.7 -2.3 60 7.0 1.0 253 28 321.6 322.6 294.1 339.0 5.38 10 550 5161 -0.8 -6.4 66 5.6 -3.5 266 20 323.1 323.9 293.6 337.3 4.31 11 500 5914 -7.5 -9.6 84 2.2 -8.4 277 22 323.9 324.7 293.4 336.2 3.69 12 450 6724 -14.2 -15.5 90 1.3 -14.7 264 20 325.3 325.8 292.8 333.9 2.53 13 400 7606 -20.4 -22.9 80 2.6 -21.1 279 29 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.8 1.51 14 350 8581 -27.2 -33.9 53 6.7 -28.3 279 31 332.1 332.3 292.9 334.5 0.62 15 300 9672 -35.2 -46.6 30 11.4 -36.2 269 40 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.19 16 250 10921 -43.4 -52.1 38 8.7 -43.9 262 41 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.12 17 200 12383 -55.0 -62.5 39 7.4 -55.2 273 34 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14175 -63.2 -73.0 26 9.8 -63.3 266 42 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16657 -63.5 -83.2 5 19.7 -63.7 216 19 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.81 m Freezing level: 557.52 mb = 5055.52 m = 16586.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.25 mb = 4604.56 m = 15106.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: 35.05 C = 95.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.55 mb = 1159.23 m = 3803.21 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 30.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2173.08 m = 7129.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.13 C = 100.63 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -8.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3685.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.59 mb = 1328.24 m = 4357.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.59 mb = 3017.12 m = 9898.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.59 mb = 14442.30 m = 47382.30 ft B at Equ Level: 3635.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 107.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 84.20 Bulk Shear: 43.77 m/s