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: 42.36,-95.93 Latitude: 42.36 Longitude: -95.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 967 382 30.7 24.5 69 6.2 26.0 137 9 306.8 310.6 300.2 368.3 20.38 2 950 543 32.7 21.1 51 11.6 24.2 153 19 310.3 313.5 299.0 361.7 16.80 3 900 1030 30.8 15.5 40 15.3 20.1 187 24 313.3 315.6 297.0 351.6 12.40 4 850 1538 26.5 13.8 46 12.7 17.8 199 28 313.9 316.1 296.7 350.3 11.74 5 800 2070 21.8 12.4 55 9.4 15.5 208 31 314.4 316.6 296.6 349.9 11.42 6 750 2626 17.4 9.6 60 7.8 12.4 220 33 315.5 317.4 296.0 346.9 10.07 7 700 3212 14.0 2.1 44 12.0 7.1 240 29 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.3 6.35 8 650 3832 8.8 -4.1 40 12.9 2.2 246 28 318.9 319.8 292.5 333.0 4.34 9 600 4487 3.2 -6.9 48 10.0 -1.6 248 34 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.2 3.81 10 550 5185 -2.6 -9.2 61 6.6 -5.5 253 38 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.3 3.46 11 500 5933 -8.6 -11.6 79 3.0 -9.8 260 39 322.6 323.2 292.5 333.0 3.15 12 450 6739 -14.8 -20.3 63 5.5 -16.4 275 37 324.7 325.0 291.9 330.5 1.70 13 400 7620 -21.3 -24.7 74 3.3 -22.1 271 38 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.8 1.29 14 350 8590 -28.5 -31.4 76 2.9 -29.0 258 40 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.79 15 300 9676 -37.0 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.3 252 40 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.39 16 250 10908 -46.8 -53.1 48 6.4 -47.0 261 42 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12362 -53.6 -63.2 30 9.6 -53.8 257 37 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14175 -60.2 -74.4 14 14.2 -60.4 252 38 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16708 -61.4 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.7 223 19 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.54 m Freezing level: 572.79 mb = 4866.87 m = 15967.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.73 mb = 4208.91 m = 13808.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 38.11 C = 100.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.38 mb = 1185.64 m = 3889.84 ft T: 29.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 36.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.93 mb = 3225.24 m = 10581.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.87 C = 107.37 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3106.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.05 mb = 2500.11 m = 8202.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.05 mb = 3754.32 m = 12317.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.05 mb = 13166.22 m = 43195.72 ft B at Equ Level: 3104.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 340.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.84 Bulk Rich Number: 23.51 Bulk Shear: 132.10 m/s