MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.89,-94.94 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -94.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 971 405 23.4 16.2 64 7.2 18.6 148 8 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.2 12.04 2 950 595 21.6 12.3 56 9.3 15.7 155 12 299.1 300.8 290.9 327.0 9.52 3 900 1061 17.3 10.8 66 6.5 13.3 169 14 299.3 301.0 290.5 325.9 9.06 4 850 1545 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 11.0 182 14 299.5 301.2 290.5 325.9 8.99 5 800 2052 10.9 5.0 67 5.9 7.6 193 13 302.8 304.1 289.8 323.3 6.85 6 750 2591 10.0 4.2 67 5.8 6.7 210 6 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.6 6.93 7 700 3162 6.4 2.1 74 4.2 4.1 278 3 309.5 310.7 291.5 329.3 6.40 8 650 3765 1.6 -0.5 86 2.1 0.5 339 6 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.4 5.68 9 600 4406 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.2 -2.5 308 9 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.0 5.28 10 550 5091 -6.6 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.0 313 7 316.2 317.0 291.4 329.0 3.96 11 500 5832 -10.2 -11.8 88 1.6 -10.8 310 7 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.8 3.10 12 450 6636 -15.0 -16.2 90 1.3 -15.4 286 5 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.6 2.39 13 400 7517 -20.9 -22.1 90 1.3 -21.2 294 5 327.9 328.2 292.7 333.5 1.62 14 350 8491 -27.9 -30.5 78 2.7 -28.3 272 12 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.86 15 300 9579 -36.6 -42.4 55 5.8 -37.2 257 18 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.31 16 250 10811 -47.6 -48.2 93 0.6 -47.6 256 32 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.19 17 200 12249 -56.3 -60.5 59 4.2 -56.4 270 13 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.06 18 150 14101 -53.9 -80.0 3 26.2 -54.3 285 29 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16643 -62.1 -84.8 3 22.7 -62.3 312 19 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.64 m Freezing level: 629.99 mb = 4021.45 m = 13193.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.75 mb = 3867.38 m = 12688.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.25 mb = 1306.80 m = 4287.35 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2855.97 m = 9369.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.68 C = 90.83 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 2.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.12 C Showalter Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6731.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.88 mb = 1775.91 m = 5826.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -10.0 tot: 35.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 23.07 m/s