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: 42.55,-94.22 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 969 349 28.3 25.8 86 2.5 26.4 3 5 304.2 308.2 300.6 370.1 22.01 2 950 521 27.4 22.7 76 4.7 23.9 12 6 305.0 308.4 298.8 360.6 18.60 3 900 999 23.4 21.4 88 2.0 21.9 45 3 305.6 309.0 298.7 359.8 18.08 4 850 1497 20.2 18.4 90 1.8 18.9 170 6 307.3 310.2 297.7 355.0 15.84 5 800 2020 19.7 7.0 43 12.8 11.9 196 7 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.5 7.85 6 750 2574 17.2 3.2 39 13.9 9.0 203 10 315.2 316.4 293.2 335.5 6.44 7 700 3159 13.6 3.1 49 10.4 7.5 214 16 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.3 6.87 8 650 3779 9.5 -2.4 43 12.0 3.2 241 17 319.8 320.7 293.2 335.7 4.92 9 600 4436 4.0 -5.6 49 9.6 -0.7 244 21 320.7 321.6 292.9 334.4 4.19 10 550 5136 -1.9 -8.2 62 6.3 -4.8 252 29 321.8 322.6 292.9 334.2 3.75 11 500 5885 -8.6 -12.2 76 3.5 -10.1 256 35 322.5 323.1 292.4 332.6 3.01 12 450 6692 -14.8 -16.5 86 1.8 -15.4 256 35 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.6 2.33 13 400 7575 -19.4 -22.4 77 3.0 -20.3 267 33 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.4 1.59 14 350 8556 -25.6 -29.6 69 4.0 -26.4 248 25 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.7 0.94 15 300 9653 -34.4 -39.3 61 5.0 -35.0 242 26 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.5 0.42 16 250 10902 -44.5 -52.6 40 8.1 -44.9 230 28 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.12 17 200 12355 -56.0 -57.7 81 1.8 -56.0 220 34 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.08 18 150 14145 -62.7 -72.1 27 9.4 -62.8 217 31 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16659 -61.6 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.9 228 21 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.99 m Freezing level: 566.16 mb = 4910.02 m = 16108.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.45 mb = 4307.98 m = 14133.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.72 mb = 664.38 m = 2179.70 ft T: 26.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 34.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1373.73 m = 4506.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -9.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -7.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 27.00 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3585.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.07 mb = 1193.95 m = 3917.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.07 mb = 3339.03 m = 10954.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.07 mb = 14352.14 m = 47086.51 ft B at Equ Level: 3524.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 99.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 61.49 Bulk Shear: 58.31 m/s