MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.37,-94.55 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -94.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 963 360 31.9 26.6 74 5.3 27.9 163 10 308.3 312.7 302.2 379.6 23.35 2 950 484 31.3 22.7 60 8.6 24.9 170 15 309.0 312.5 299.8 365.5 18.60 3 900 967 28.5 18.0 53 10.4 21.0 198 22 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.5 14.62 4 850 1474 25.3 13.8 49 11.5 17.4 210 29 312.6 314.8 296.4 348.7 11.72 5 800 2004 24.0 6.9 33 17.1 13.3 218 25 316.7 318.3 294.7 341.4 7.83 6 750 2566 20.7 3.7 33 16.9 10.5 227 15 319.0 320.3 294.4 340.4 6.68 7 700 3156 16.0 -1.7 30 17.7 6.3 256 9 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.8 4.82 8 650 3779 10.6 -5.7 31 16.3 2.4 282 11 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.6 3.86 9 600 4438 4.5 -7.3 42 11.7 -1.1 283 14 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.4 3.69 10 550 5138 -2.1 -9.3 58 7.2 -5.3 281 17 321.6 322.3 292.5 332.9 3.43 11 500 5886 -8.7 -15.4 58 6.7 -11.2 290 19 322.4 322.8 291.7 330.1 2.30 12 450 6693 -14.3 -24.8 41 10.5 -17.1 299 18 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.3 1.14 13 400 7578 -19.6 -35.8 22 16.2 -22.5 270 18 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.45 14 350 8556 -26.3 -41.8 22 15.5 -28.3 256 15 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.28 15 300 9650 -35.1 -44.3 39 9.2 -36.0 234 14 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.8 0.25 16 250 10893 -45.2 -53.4 39 8.2 -45.6 210 19 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.11 17 200 12345 -56.0 -57.5 84 1.4 -56.1 174 20 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 14135 -60.4 -74.5 14 14.1 -60.6 228 24 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16660 -62.5 -84.1 4 21.6 -62.7 263 6 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.14 m Freezing level: 566.02 mb = 4914.07 m = 16122.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.55 mb = 4227.52 m = 13869.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.89 % Est. max temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.29 mb = 1033.63 m = 3391.13 ft T: 28.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.05 C/km ThetaE index: 50.30 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.14 mb = 3226.81 m = 10586.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.72 C = 110.69 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: -8.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 539.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3375.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 316.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.45 mb = 2054.02 m = 6738.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.45 mb = 3900.98 m = 12798.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.45 mb = 13716.07 m = 44999.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3356.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.3 neg: -25.3 tot: 128.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.23 Bulk Rich Number: 73.68 Bulk Shear: 45.82 m/s