MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.26,-95.75 Latitude: 42.26 Longitude: -95.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 964 387 30.9 25.6 73 5.3 26.9 98 11 307.3 311.4 301.2 373.8 21.96 2 950 519 32.2 22.8 58 9.4 25.2 110 18 309.9 313.4 300.0 366.8 18.66 3 900 1006 31.8 15.7 38 16.1 20.5 155 19 314.3 316.7 297.3 353.3 12.56 4 850 1517 28.1 12.6 38 15.5 17.6 179 22 315.6 317.7 296.5 349.5 10.87 5 800 2051 24.2 8.5 37 15.7 14.1 189 20 316.9 318.6 295.4 344.4 8.73 6 750 2612 20.2 1.9 29 18.4 9.6 198 14 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.3 5.84 7 700 3201 15.6 -5.4 23 21.0 4.9 205 9 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.8 3.66 8 650 3823 10.0 -8.9 25 18.9 1.2 227 7 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.2 3.00 9 600 4480 3.9 -10.1 35 14.0 -2.3 241 10 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.4 2.95 10 550 5179 -2.6 -10.3 55 7.7 -5.9 270 11 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.5 3.18 11 500 5926 -8.7 -12.0 77 3.3 -10.0 293 19 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.6 3.04 12 450 6735 -14.1 -19.2 65 5.1 -15.7 296 31 325.5 325.9 292.2 331.9 1.86 13 400 7617 -20.4 -30.1 41 9.8 -22.4 295 30 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.4 0.78 14 350 8591 -28.0 -38.6 36 10.6 -29.4 289 30 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.5 0.39 15 300 9678 -36.5 -44.7 43 8.2 -37.2 284 32 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.24 16 250 10915 -46.3 -54.6 38 8.3 -46.6 295 30 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12361 -56.8 -61.4 56 4.6 -56.9 285 30 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14168 -58.6 -76.5 8 17.9 -58.8 268 42 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16691 -61.8 -83.7 4 21.9 -62.1 251 11 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.25 m Freezing level: 569.86 mb = 4901.40 m = 16080.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.05 mb = 4039.94 m = 13254.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.21 % Est. max temperature: 40.11 C = 104.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.66 mb = 1069.58 m = 3509.06 ft T: 31.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km ThetaE index: 43.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.74 mb = 3373.98 m = 11069.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.49 C = 110.28 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 28.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3529.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 292.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.20 mb = 2517.48 m = 8259.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.20 mb = 3909.38 m = 12825.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.20 mb = 13638.10 m = 44743.89 ft B at Equ Level: 3497.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.8 neg: -15.5 tot: 167.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.03 Bulk Rich Number: 48.20 Bulk Shear: 73.23 m/s