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,-93.27 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 344 29.3 26.8 86 2.5 27.4 34 2 305.2 309.5 301.5 375.7 23.42 2 950 520 28.4 23.5 75 4.9 24.7 54 2 306.0 309.7 299.6 364.8 19.53 3 900 999 24.3 22.3 88 2.0 22.8 151 3 306.5 310.1 299.5 364.2 19.13 4 850 1499 20.6 19.8 95 0.9 20.0 177 6 307.8 311.0 298.7 360.1 17.31 5 800 2023 18.5 14.2 76 4.4 15.5 201 6 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.1 12.81 6 750 2577 17.9 3.2 37 14.7 9.2 215 10 316.0 317.2 293.4 336.2 6.41 7 700 3163 13.9 2.6 47 11.3 7.3 220 19 317.9 319.2 294.1 339.0 6.63 8 650 3784 9.6 -3.6 39 13.2 2.8 240 21 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.5 4.53 9 600 4441 3.9 -5.5 50 9.4 -0.7 256 21 320.6 321.5 292.9 334.4 4.23 10 550 5140 -2.2 -8.9 60 6.7 -5.2 263 25 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.2 3.56 11 500 5889 -8.7 -11.9 78 3.1 -10.0 270 32 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.7 3.09 12 450 6696 -14.3 -16.6 83 2.3 -15.1 265 28 325.3 325.7 292.6 333.2 2.32 13 400 7580 -19.1 -23.0 72 3.8 -20.2 269 25 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.5 1.51 14 350 8561 -25.8 -30.8 63 5.0 -26.7 255 24 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.1 0.84 15 300 9659 -34.0 -42.0 45 7.9 -34.9 237 25 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.7 0.32 16 250 10908 -44.4 -46.2 83 1.7 -44.6 231 29 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.24 17 200 12362 -56.4 -56.6 97 0.2 -56.4 221 32 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.09 18 150 14152 -62.8 -71.0 32 8.2 -62.9 201 27 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.2 -83.7 4 21.6 -62.4 233 21 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.37 m Freezing level: 568.04 mb = 4888.11 m = 16036.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.55 mb = 4297.89 m = 14100.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.14 % Est. max temperature: 33.77 C = 92.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.00 mb = 660.69 m = 2167.58 ft T: 27.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 39.48 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1313.95 m = 4310.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -10.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -9.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 28.49 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4453.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.36 mb = 1191.97 m = 3910.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.36 mb = 1443.87 m = 4737.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.36 mb = 2291.42 m = 7517.68 ft B at Equ Level: 14.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 95.44 Bulk Shear: 46.66 m/s