MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 41.62,-93.62 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -93.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 984 279 28.4 23.5 75 4.9 24.8 174 10 303.0 306.4 298.5 359.0 18.88 2 950 594 27.7 20.4 64 7.3 22.4 184 22 305.3 308.3 297.3 353.2 16.04 3 900 1071 23.4 18.9 76 4.5 20.2 194 24 305.6 308.5 297.0 351.8 15.42 4 850 1569 20.1 16.7 81 3.3 17.8 215 23 307.2 309.8 296.7 350.1 14.26 5 800 2092 19.1 11.1 60 8.1 13.8 226 23 311.5 313.5 295.2 343.6 10.42 6 750 2645 16.9 6.6 51 10.3 10.5 234 21 314.9 316.5 294.4 340.4 8.17 7 700 3230 12.8 4.8 58 8.0 8.0 241 19 316.7 318.2 294.6 341.1 7.74 8 650 3848 8.5 -2.9 45 11.4 2.5 249 18 318.5 319.5 292.7 333.9 4.75 9 600 4504 4.1 -12.6 28 16.7 -2.9 254 15 320.9 321.3 291.4 328.9 2.41 10 550 5204 -1.7 -15.8 33 14.1 -7.0 281 13 322.1 322.5 291.4 329.0 2.03 11 500 5952 -8.5 -16.7 51 8.3 -11.3 275 15 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.7 2.06 12 450 6759 -15.0 -17.7 80 2.7 -15.9 276 17 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.11 13 400 7640 -21.1 -25.5 68 4.4 -22.1 282 25 327.6 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.20 14 350 8612 -28.4 -31.6 74 3.2 -29.0 285 30 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.77 15 300 9698 -36.2 -49.2 25 13.0 -37.2 276 27 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 16 250 10937 -45.4 -58.0 23 12.6 -45.9 256 28 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12392 -55.4 -65.3 28 9.9 -55.6 258 28 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14192 -59.8 -75.0 12 15.2 -60.0 264 21 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16714 -62.9 -83.7 4 20.8 -63.1 231 20 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.22 m Freezing level: 564.55 mb = 5000.19 m = 16404.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.70 mb = 4147.04 m = 13605.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.75 % Est. max temperature: 33.96 C = 93.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.08 mb = 905.34 m = 2970.24 ft T: 24.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 18.54 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2663.01 m = 8736.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.37 C = 104.66 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2591.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.16 mb = 1475.50 m = 4840.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.16 mb = 3794.67 m = 12449.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.16 mb = 13257.82 m = 43496.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2569.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 76.99 Bulk Shear: 33.66 m/s