MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.46,-93.02 Latitude: 42.46 Longitude: -93.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 971 330 29.6 27.0 86 2.6 27.6 95 2 305.4 309.8 301.8 376.9 23.70 2 950 520 28.7 23.5 74 5.2 24.8 123 2 306.3 309.9 299.7 365.0 19.51 3 900 999 24.5 22.3 88 2.2 22.9 165 3 306.7 310.3 299.5 364.4 19.12 4 850 1499 20.7 20.0 96 0.7 20.2 186 4 307.8 311.1 298.9 361.0 17.58 5 800 2023 18.6 14.6 77 4.0 15.9 213 5 311.0 313.5 297.0 351.4 13.20 6 750 2578 18.1 3.1 37 15.0 9.3 218 11 316.2 317.4 293.4 336.4 6.38 7 700 3164 13.9 2.5 46 11.5 7.3 222 19 317.9 319.2 294.0 338.8 6.54 8 650 3785 9.6 -3.7 39 13.3 2.7 236 21 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.3 4.47 9 600 4442 3.9 -5.4 51 9.3 -0.7 259 21 320.6 321.5 292.9 334.5 4.25 10 550 5141 -2.3 -8.7 61 6.5 -5.1 267 24 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.2 3.59 11 500 5890 -8.7 -12.1 77 3.4 -10.1 274 31 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.03 12 450 6697 -14.1 -16.5 82 2.4 -14.9 266 27 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.5 2.34 13 400 7582 -19.0 -23.1 70 4.1 -20.1 269 23 330.2 330.5 293.2 335.5 1.48 14 350 8563 -25.8 -31.0 62 5.1 -26.8 259 24 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.0 0.83 15 300 9660 -34.0 -41.4 47 7.4 -34.8 237 26 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.7 0.34 16 250 10909 -44.4 -45.3 90 0.9 -44.5 231 29 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.27 17 200 12364 -56.3 -56.6 97 0.2 -56.3 223 30 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 18 150 14154 -62.8 -70.8 33 8.0 -62.9 197 26 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16664 -62.4 -83.7 4 21.3 -62.6 238 21 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.91 m Freezing level: 568.43 mb = 4883.72 m = 16022.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4305.71 m = 14126.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 93.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.72 mb = 663.46 m = 2176.68 ft T: 27.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 40.50 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.07 mb = 1315.30 m = 4315.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -10.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -9.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 28.73 C K Index: 37.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4542.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.29 mb = 1202.90 m = 3946.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.29 mb = 1455.19 m = 4774.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.29 mb = 2193.72 m = 7197.15 ft B at Equ Level: 15.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.29 mb = 2874.57 m = 9430.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 109.83 Bulk Shear: 41.36 m/s