MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.61,-95.87 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 969 348 28.6 22.2 69 6.4 23.9 44 14 304.4 307.7 298.1 357.2 17.68 2 950 525 26.9 21.1 71 5.8 22.7 49 22 304.5 307.6 297.6 354.6 16.80 3 900 1002 24.3 18.7 71 5.5 20.4 78 16 306.5 309.4 297.2 352.5 15.29 4 850 1502 22.1 15.8 67 6.4 17.7 135 13 309.3 311.8 296.6 350.0 13.36 5 800 2027 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.6 177 21 311.4 313.5 295.7 346.1 11.30 6 750 2580 16.1 11.1 72 5.0 12.8 195 33 314.1 316.2 296.3 348.6 11.13 7 700 3165 12.9 8.0 73 4.8 9.8 215 39 316.7 318.6 296.0 347.2 9.70 8 650 3786 10.8 -0.0 47 10.8 4.7 240 35 321.1 322.3 294.4 340.2 5.89 9 600 4448 6.5 -5.6 41 12.1 0.4 256 30 323.6 324.5 293.7 337.5 4.19 10 550 5154 0.3 -8.5 52 8.8 -3.8 258 30 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.6 3.66 11 500 5909 -6.7 -11.5 69 4.8 -8.7 261 34 324.9 325.5 293.2 335.6 3.19 12 450 6721 -13.8 -15.2 89 1.4 -14.3 265 38 325.8 326.4 293.0 334.7 2.60 13 400 7605 -19.6 -26.6 54 7.0 -21.3 260 38 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.4 1.09 14 350 8584 -26.3 -31.9 59 5.7 -27.3 261 39 333.3 333.5 293.3 336.1 0.75 15 300 9678 -34.6 -46.3 29 11.8 -35.7 259 34 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.20 16 250 10928 -43.5 -48.6 57 5.1 -43.9 259 32 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.19 17 200 12391 -54.9 -60.9 47 6.0 -55.0 256 31 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.05 18 150 14180 -65.2 -73.8 30 8.5 -65.3 253 45 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16657 -63.4 -83.3 5 19.9 -63.6 223 14 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.33 m Freezing level: 547.93 mb = 5185.49 m = 17012.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.90 mb = 4517.44 m = 14820.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.01 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.09 mb = 1158.00 m = 3799.16 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2493.45 m = 8180.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.72 C = 99.90 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 39.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2066.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.48 mb = 1558.45 m = 5112.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.48 mb = 4730.53 m = 15519.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.48 mb = 13798.86 m = 45271.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2044.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 598.0 neg: -8.4 tot: 589.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 196.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.29 Bulk Rich Number: 6.75 Bulk Shear: 305.97 m/s