MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-93.41 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -93.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 221 SFC 991 297 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.2 133 7 295.6 297.7 291.7 329.8 11.92 2 950 663 17.3 13.2 77 4.1 14.7 138 9 294.7 296.5 289.9 323.7 10.08 3 900 1122 13.1 12.1 94 1.0 12.5 146 9 295.0 296.8 289.8 323.5 9.91 4 850 1601 10.2 7.6 83 2.7 8.7 167 8 296.9 298.3 288.5 319.3 7.70 5 800 2103 8.2 -2.2 48 10.4 3.2 170 7 299.9 300.6 286.1 312.1 4.07 6 750 2635 8.1 -17.6 14 25.7 -1.0 190 5 305.4 305.6 285.1 309.5 1.28 7 700 3202 6.0 -20.6 13 26.7 -2.8 241 3 309.2 309.4 286.3 312.7 1.05 8 650 3804 2.1 -8.6 45 10.7 -2.6 283 5 311.3 311.9 289.1 321.1 3.07 9 600 4445 -2.1 -17.8 29 15.7 -7.5 280 4 313.7 314.0 288.3 318.9 1.57 10 550 5132 -5.1 -29.9 12 24.7 -11.3 323 5 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.0 0.58 11 500 5873 -10.4 -28.8 21 18.4 -14.8 328 6 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.9 0.71 12 450 6675 -16.0 -22.0 60 5.9 -17.7 323 12 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.46 13 400 7552 -21.9 -28.2 57 6.3 -23.2 317 16 326.5 326.7 291.7 329.9 0.94 14 350 8520 -29.3 -35.5 55 6.2 -30.2 286 21 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.2 0.53 15 300 9601 -37.4 -37.8 96 0.4 -37.5 279 33 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.4 0.49 16 250 10832 -48.1 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.1 282 37 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.20 17 200 12275 -54.3 -62.2 37 7.9 -54.5 265 35 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14116 -56.7 -78.7 5 22.0 -56.9 296 38 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16651 -62.3 -84.7 3 22.4 -62.5 307 27 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.40 m Freezing level: 625.29 mb = 4120.91 m = 13519.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.73 mb = 2507.46 m = 8226.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.24 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.23 mb = 961.05 m = 3153.01 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 20.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1187.73 m = 3896.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.91 C K Index: 1.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 112.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.28 mb = 1156.68 m = 3794.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.28 mb = 1298.08 m = 4258.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 801.28 mb = 2089.96 m = 6856.75 ft B at Equ Level: 6.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 771.28 mb = 2404.72 m = 7889.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 10.03 m/s