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: 42.88,-95.37 Latitude: 42.88 Longitude: -95.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 966 423 31.1 23.1 63 8.0 25.2 197 8 307.3 310.8 299.5 364.1 18.79 2 950 569 29.7 20.0 56 9.6 22.7 202 13 307.3 310.2 297.6 354.6 15.71 3 900 1049 25.2 18.5 67 6.7 20.5 208 17 307.5 310.3 297.3 352.9 15.08 4 850 1548 20.6 17.4 82 3.2 18.4 212 21 307.7 310.5 297.2 352.6 14.86 5 800 2070 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.7 219 29 308.7 311.3 296.8 350.8 13.88 6 750 2620 16.7 8.5 58 8.2 11.4 228 34 314.7 316.4 295.2 343.7 9.31 7 700 3207 14.3 2.3 44 12.0 7.3 229 32 318.4 319.6 294.1 339.0 6.48 8 650 3827 9.8 -5.0 35 14.7 2.3 242 30 320.0 320.8 292.6 333.3 4.06 9 600 4485 4.5 -13.3 26 17.9 -2.9 249 30 321.4 321.8 291.5 329.0 2.28 10 550 5186 -1.8 -14.5 37 12.7 -6.7 256 30 322.0 322.4 291.6 329.6 2.27 11 500 5934 -8.8 -15.2 60 6.4 -11.2 256 29 322.3 322.8 291.7 330.2 2.34 12 450 6739 -15.7 -17.1 88 1.5 -16.2 256 34 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.0 2.22 13 400 7619 -20.8 -24.8 70 4.0 -21.8 264 35 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.4 1.28 14 350 8592 -28.3 -30.3 83 2.0 -28.6 256 30 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.8 0.88 15 300 9676 -37.2 -41.0 67 3.8 -37.6 268 32 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.35 16 250 10913 -45.5 -57.5 25 12.0 -45.9 257 39 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12373 -54.2 -66.9 19 12.7 -54.4 250 38 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14175 -61.0 -74.1 16 13.0 -61.2 263 28 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16706 -60.1 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.4 214 17 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.37 m Freezing level: 563.94 mb = 4990.32 m = 16372.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4113.38 m = 13495.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.74 mb = 1438.41 m = 4719.15 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 35.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.35 mb = 1959.29 m = 6428.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2687.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.80 mb = 1828.10 m = 5997.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.80 mb = 4113.09 m = 13494.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.80 mb = 13110.21 m = 43011.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2684.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 156.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 60.93 Bulk Shear: 44.11 m/s