MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.55,-92.09 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 973 298 28.2 26.2 89 2.0 26.7 148 7 303.7 307.9 300.8 371.1 22.53 2 950 509 27.9 23.6 78 4.3 24.7 166 15 305.5 309.1 299.5 364.4 19.64 3 900 988 25.7 19.4 68 6.2 21.2 205 23 308.0 311.0 298.0 356.3 15.99 4 850 1490 22.8 14.4 59 8.3 17.1 223 29 310.0 312.3 296.0 347.3 12.23 5 800 2017 21.0 8.8 45 12.3 13.3 230 37 313.6 315.3 294.6 341.3 8.91 6 750 2572 17.7 6.3 47 11.4 10.7 237 38 315.8 317.4 294.6 341.0 8.03 7 700 3158 13.7 3.7 51 10.0 7.8 251 32 317.7 319.0 294.4 340.3 7.14 8 650 3778 8.7 1.4 60 7.3 4.5 255 19 318.8 320.1 294.2 339.6 6.52 9 600 4434 3.9 -7.0 45 10.9 -1.3 278 12 320.6 321.4 292.5 333.0 3.76 10 550 5134 -2.4 -9.8 57 7.5 -5.6 287 15 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.2 3.29 11 500 5881 -9.1 -14.9 63 5.8 -11.2 288 18 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.1 2.41 12 450 6690 -12.4 -33.7 15 21.3 -17.0 292 12 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.49 13 400 7580 -18.2 -29.6 36 11.4 -20.8 297 14 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.3 0.82 14 350 8561 -26.2 -36.1 39 10.0 -27.8 265 12 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.50 15 300 9656 -35.0 -45.0 36 10.0 -35.9 257 11 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.23 16 250 10901 -44.6 -45.1 95 0.4 -44.7 210 15 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.27 17 200 12356 -55.3 -56.5 87 1.2 -55.4 190 32 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.09 18 150 14149 -61.9 -73.3 20 11.4 -62.0 222 19 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.6 -83.9 4 22.3 -61.8 277 10 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.24 m Freezing level: 568.93 mb = 4868.90 m = 15973.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.94 mb = 4286.17 m = 14062.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 36.31 C = 97.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.17 mb = 544.32 m = 1785.81 ft T: 27.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 41.57 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.18 mb = 2467.50 m = 8095.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.77 C = 103.59 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -9.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3439.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.54 mb = 1422.51 m = 4666.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.54 mb = 3381.67 m = 11094.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.54 mb = 14085.66 m = 46212.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3403.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 324.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.01 Bulk Rich Number: 48.15 Bulk Shear: 71.44 m/s