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: 42.62,-95.06 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -95.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 958 393 30.9 27.2 81 3.7 28.0 105 7 307.7 312.3 302.5 381.6 24.24 2 950 471 31.7 24.6 66 7.0 26.3 114 10 309.3 313.3 301.1 373.3 20.96 3 900 957 30.5 16.7 43 13.8 20.7 185 14 312.9 315.5 297.5 354.2 13.39 4 850 1466 26.9 13.1 43 13.8 17.5 207 19 314.3 316.5 296.4 349.2 11.23 5 800 1998 22.7 11.3 48 11.4 15.1 228 20 315.3 317.4 296.3 348.3 10.56 6 750 2557 19.2 7.0 45 12.3 11.6 241 20 317.5 319.1 295.3 344.0 8.40 7 700 3147 15.7 0.6 36 15.1 7.1 252 16 319.8 320.9 293.9 338.2 5.70 8 650 3769 10.5 -5.8 31 16.4 2.4 266 15 320.9 321.6 292.6 333.4 3.81 9 600 4428 4.5 -8.3 39 12.8 -1.4 277 14 321.3 321.9 292.4 332.5 3.40 10 550 5128 -2.1 -10.4 53 8.3 -5.7 285 17 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.1 3.16 11 500 5877 -8.2 -17.8 46 9.6 -11.5 291 22 323.1 323.4 291.6 329.5 1.89 12 450 6689 -12.2 -35.7 12 23.5 -17.0 291 15 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.4 0.40 13 400 7577 -18.9 -36.8 19 17.9 -22.1 274 13 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.41 14 350 8555 -26.8 -33.7 52 6.8 -28.0 237 10 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.9 0.63 15 300 9647 -35.9 -38.3 78 2.4 -36.2 207 13 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.6 0.47 16 250 10887 -45.5 -54.7 35 9.2 -45.9 192 17 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.09 17 200 12338 -56.0 -62.3 45 6.3 -56.1 202 24 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14140 -59.6 -76.5 9 16.9 -59.8 249 23 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16667 -62.6 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.9 256 17 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.15 m Freezing level: 565.95 mb = 4905.06 m = 16092.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.97 mb = 4172.04 m = 13687.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.01 % Est. max temperature: 38.22 C = 100.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.01 mb = 867.69 m = 2846.73 ft T: 30.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 52.25 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.58 mb = 3236.15 m = 10617.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.97 C = 109.35 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 515.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3445.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.23 mb = 2292.74 m = 7522.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.23 mb = 3791.75 m = 12439.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.23 mb = 13805.53 m = 45293.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3410.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 189.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.98 Bulk Rich Number: 46.20 Bulk Shear: 74.58 m/s