MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-94.06 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 971 342 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.3 86 3 294.1 296.5 292.5 333.0 13.62 2 950 533 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 62 10 295.1 297.4 292.5 332.9 13.18 3 900 998 18.6 15.3 81 3.2 16.4 25 7 300.7 302.9 293.5 336.7 12.27 4 850 1489 18.2 11.4 65 6.8 13.8 282 12 305.2 307.0 293.1 335.2 10.00 5 800 2007 15.0 9.6 70 5.4 11.6 266 25 307.1 308.9 293.2 335.6 9.41 6 750 2550 11.2 7.7 79 3.5 9.0 262 32 308.7 310.4 293.2 335.6 8.80 7 700 3125 8.6 4.2 74 4.4 6.1 266 41 312.0 313.5 293.1 335.0 7.41 8 650 3736 5.9 1.2 72 4.7 3.2 258 50 315.6 316.8 293.3 335.9 6.42 9 600 4387 1.3 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 252 57 317.6 318.7 293.3 335.9 5.74 10 550 5082 -2.9 -4.6 89 1.6 -3.7 244 62 320.6 321.6 293.5 336.7 4.96 11 500 5831 -7.7 -8.9 91 1.2 -8.2 238 64 323.6 324.4 293.4 336.5 3.90 12 450 6644 -12.2 -12.9 95 0.6 -12.5 236 62 327.9 328.5 294.0 338.6 3.15 13 400 7535 -17.4 -17.6 98 0.3 -17.4 237 57 332.4 332.9 294.5 340.8 2.39 14 350 8522 -23.5 -23.6 99 0.1 -23.6 236 50 337.0 337.4 295.0 342.9 1.62 15 300 9629 -31.5 -31.5 100 0.0 -31.5 232 42 341.0 341.2 295.4 344.5 0.92 16 250 10892 -41.4 -41.4 100 -0.0 -41.4 224 33 344.5 344.6 295.8 346.2 0.41 17 200 12359 -56.2 -56.2 99 0.1 -56.2 209 31 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14132 -66.4 -69.0 70 2.6 -66.4 164 29 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16632 -59.4 -84.2 3 24.7 -59.7 249 22 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.02 m Freezing level: 584.89 mb = 4596.83 m = 15081.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.30 mb = 4355.51 m = 14289.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.81 mb = 383.06 m = 1256.75 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2227.57 m = 7308.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5420.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.64 mb = 1087.90 m = 3569.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 6.8 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: -90.8 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 306.25 m/s