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,-93.36 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -93.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 969 349 29.2 26.7 87 2.5 27.3 23 3 305.1 309.4 301.5 375.2 23.28 2 950 520 28.4 23.5 75 4.9 24.7 38 3 306.0 309.6 299.6 364.6 19.49 3 900 999 24.2 22.2 89 2.0 22.8 146 2 306.5 310.1 299.5 364.0 19.09 4 850 1499 20.6 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 175 6 307.8 311.0 298.7 359.7 17.16 5 800 2022 18.5 13.9 75 4.6 15.4 198 6 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.5 12.62 6 750 2577 17.8 3.2 38 14.6 9.3 214 10 315.9 317.1 293.4 336.3 6.44 7 700 3163 13.9 2.7 47 11.2 7.4 219 19 317.9 319.2 294.1 339.1 6.66 8 650 3783 9.6 -3.5 39 13.2 2.8 242 20 319.9 320.7 292.9 334.6 4.54 9 600 4441 3.9 -5.6 50 9.5 -0.7 255 20 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.4 4.22 10 550 5140 -2.2 -8.9 60 6.7 -5.2 262 26 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.2 3.55 11 500 5889 -8.7 -11.8 79 3.0 -9.9 269 32 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.7 3.11 12 450 6696 -14.4 -16.7 83 2.3 -15.2 265 29 325.2 325.6 292.6 333.1 2.31 13 400 7580 -19.2 -22.9 72 3.7 -20.2 269 26 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.5 1.52 14 350 8561 -25.7 -30.7 63 5.0 -26.7 254 24 334.1 334.2 293.6 337.2 0.85 15 300 9659 -34.0 -42.2 44 8.1 -34.9 238 24 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.6 0.31 16 250 10907 -44.4 -46.5 80 2.1 -44.6 231 29 340.0 340.0 294.6 340.9 0.23 17 200 12362 -56.4 -56.6 97 0.2 -56.4 220 33 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.09 18 150 14151 -62.7 -71.0 32 8.3 -62.9 203 27 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.6 -62.3 232 20 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.89 m Freezing level: 567.89 mb = 4889.98 m = 16043.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.46 mb = 4298.75 m = 14103.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.96 mb = 661.13 m = 2169.04 ft T: 27.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 38.93 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1323.68 m = 4342.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -10.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -8.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 28.36 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4396.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.17 mb = 1193.77 m = 3916.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.17 mb = 1445.70 m = 4743.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.17 mb = 2183.14 m = 7162.46 ft B at Equ Level: 13.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.17 mb = 2862.79 m = 9392.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 90.01 Bulk Shear: 48.84 m/s