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: 42.48,-92.48 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 976 287 28.0 25.8 88 2.3 26.3 175 8 303.3 307.4 300.3 368.6 21.88 2 950 521 27.4 23.0 77 4.4 24.2 189 13 305.0 308.5 299.0 361.7 18.95 3 900 1000 24.1 22.2 89 1.9 22.7 212 5 306.3 309.9 299.4 363.6 19.04 4 850 1499 20.6 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 259 5 307.8 310.9 298.5 358.8 16.88 5 800 2024 21.2 6.1 37 15.1 12.0 241 7 313.8 315.2 293.6 337.0 7.42 6 750 2580 18.4 1.9 33 16.5 8.9 225 11 316.6 317.7 293.1 335.2 5.85 7 700 3167 14.0 3.6 49 10.4 7.8 227 18 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.4 7.08 8 650 3787 9.3 -2.5 44 11.7 3.1 232 21 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.3 4.90 9 600 4444 3.8 -7.7 43 11.5 -1.6 256 23 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.2 3.57 10 550 5143 -2.6 -7.6 68 5.0 -4.9 273 22 321.0 321.8 292.8 333.9 3.93 11 500 5890 -8.9 -11.4 82 2.4 -9.9 279 28 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.8 3.21 12 450 6698 -13.7 -16.1 82 2.3 -14.6 266 25 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.3 2.43 13 400 7584 -19.3 -22.5 76 3.2 -20.2 271 24 329.9 330.2 293.2 335.5 1.57 14 350 8563 -25.9 -30.6 64 4.7 -26.8 262 22 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.0 0.85 15 300 9661 -33.7 -42.2 42 8.5 -34.7 242 25 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.0 0.31 16 250 10912 -44.2 -48.8 60 4.6 -44.5 230 26 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.18 17 200 12368 -55.9 -57.5 83 1.5 -55.9 225 28 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14158 -63.9 -69.6 46 5.7 -64.0 198 22 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.02 19 100 16667 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 240 22 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.06 m Freezing level: 570.28 mb = 4859.30 m = 15942.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.88 mb = 4216.29 m = 13832.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.66 % Est. max temperature: 35.31 C = 95.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.70 mb = 570.96 m = 1873.19 ft T: 27.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 28.47 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.82 mb = 1338.29 m = 4390.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -10.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -8.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 28.30 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4115.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.15 mb = 1115.75 m = 3660.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.15 mb = 3249.30 m = 10660.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.15 mb = 14447.18 m = 47398.29 ft B at Equ Level: 4090.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.7 neg: -21.2 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 144.70 Bulk Shear: 28.44 m/s