MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.43,-94.10 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 977 339 29.4 25.1 77 4.4 26.2 178 12 304.7 308.5 300.1 367.4 20.92 2 950 583 27.2 21.0 69 6.2 22.7 181 21 304.8 307.9 297.6 354.7 16.71 3 900 1059 23.1 18.4 75 4.7 19.8 187 26 305.3 308.0 296.6 349.9 14.94 4 850 1557 20.3 15.9 76 4.4 17.2 215 28 307.4 309.9 296.2 348.0 13.48 5 800 2079 18.6 12.4 67 6.2 14.5 223 29 311.0 313.2 295.7 346.0 11.42 6 750 2633 17.0 9.3 60 7.7 12.0 229 27 315.1 316.9 295.7 345.8 9.84 7 700 3218 13.2 4.9 57 8.3 8.2 236 26 317.2 318.7 294.8 341.8 7.81 8 650 3837 8.7 -4.2 40 13.0 2.1 243 25 318.8 319.7 292.4 332.7 4.30 9 600 4494 4.3 -13.7 26 18.0 -3.1 256 24 321.1 321.5 291.3 328.5 2.21 10 550 5193 -1.8 -15.1 35 13.3 -7.0 274 22 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.1 2.14 11 500 5941 -8.8 -16.8 52 8.0 -11.5 264 20 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.4 2.06 12 450 6748 -14.8 -19.3 69 4.5 -16.2 269 27 324.6 325.0 292.0 331.0 1.85 13 400 7629 -20.6 -23.8 75 3.2 -21.5 279 30 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.1 1.39 14 350 8602 -28.4 -29.5 90 1.2 -28.6 271 25 330.5 330.7 292.8 333.9 0.94 15 300 9690 -35.3 -51.1 18 15.9 -36.5 265 30 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.12 16 250 10933 -44.9 -58.6 20 13.8 -45.4 245 29 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 17 200 12388 -55.6 -65.3 29 9.8 -55.8 257 32 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14182 -61.0 -74.4 15 13.4 -61.2 275 19 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16712 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.1 205 20 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.00 m Freezing level: 564.99 mb = 4983.58 m = 16350.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.59 mb = 4098.78 m = 13447.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.10 mb = 893.44 m = 2931.19 ft T: 24.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 38.87 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2672.87 m = 8769.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.92 C = 103.86 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2554.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.48 mb = 1460.29 m = 4790.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.48 mb = 3907.07 m = 12818.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.48 mb = 13239.51 m = 43436.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2546.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 46.08 Bulk Shear: 55.43 m/s