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: 42.70,-95.03 Latitude: 42.70 Longitude: -95.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 967 396 28.0 25.1 84 2.9 25.9 137 12 304.1 308.0 300.1 367.5 21.21 2 950 554 28.6 23.0 72 5.6 24.5 146 23 306.2 309.7 299.3 363.2 18.95 3 900 1035 27.5 17.7 55 9.8 20.6 180 28 309.9 312.6 297.4 353.4 14.31 4 850 1540 24.1 15.4 58 8.7 18.1 200 29 311.3 313.8 296.9 351.3 13.04 5 800 2068 20.5 13.5 64 7.0 15.7 221 33 313.0 315.3 296.8 350.7 12.24 6 750 2623 17.5 8.5 55 9.0 11.8 240 38 315.6 317.4 295.5 344.8 9.34 7 700 3210 14.3 -1.9 32 16.3 5.6 263 33 318.3 319.3 292.7 333.6 4.74 8 650 3829 9.2 -4.3 38 13.4 2.3 263 39 319.3 320.2 292.6 333.2 4.29 9 600 4486 3.4 -6.8 47 10.2 -1.4 259 40 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.7 3.84 10 550 5184 -2.6 -9.5 59 6.9 -5.6 250 33 321.0 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.39 11 500 5931 -9.0 -12.9 73 3.9 -10.5 234 28 322.0 322.6 292.1 331.5 2.83 12 450 6737 -14.7 -15.8 91 1.2 -15.1 252 37 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.2 2.48 13 400 7618 -21.2 -21.8 95 0.6 -21.4 264 38 327.4 327.8 292.6 333.3 1.67 14 350 8590 -28.3 -29.4 90 1.1 -28.5 258 41 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.0 0.95 15 300 9674 -37.5 -38.3 92 0.8 -37.6 252 40 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.3 0.47 16 250 10907 -46.3 -55.6 34 9.3 -46.7 260 39 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12361 -54.1 -64.9 25 10.9 -54.3 243 38 347.1 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14169 -59.3 -74.9 12 15.5 -59.6 259 35 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16710 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 231 16 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.47 m Freezing level: 571.57 mb = 4882.53 m = 16018.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.78 mb = 4232.82 m = 13887.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.06 % Est. max temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.65 mb = 765.90 m = 2512.76 ft T: 28.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 36.01 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.62 mb = 2822.41 m = 9259.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.38 C = 104.68 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -8.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3357.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 200.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.84 mb = 1843.77 m = 6049.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.84 mb = 3754.34 m = 12317.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.84 mb = 13537.55 m = 44414.01 ft B at Equ Level: 3324.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 480.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 480.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.69 Bulk Rich Number: 17.92 Bulk Shear: 187.32 m/s