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: 42.79,-94.90 Latitude: 42.79 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 968 392 27.7 25.0 85 2.8 25.7 139 13 303.7 307.6 299.9 366.4 21.01 2 950 556 27.9 23.1 75 4.8 24.4 147 23 305.5 309.1 299.2 362.9 19.11 3 900 1036 26.9 18.1 59 8.8 20.6 181 27 309.3 312.0 297.5 353.9 14.70 4 850 1540 23.6 15.6 61 8.1 18.0 201 29 310.9 313.4 296.9 351.3 13.19 5 800 2067 20.3 13.5 65 6.7 15.7 223 34 312.7 315.1 296.8 350.6 12.29 6 750 2622 17.5 8.5 55 9.0 11.7 242 38 315.6 317.3 295.4 344.7 9.31 7 700 3209 14.3 -1.6 33 15.9 5.7 262 30 318.3 319.2 292.8 333.9 4.86 8 650 3829 9.3 -4.2 38 13.5 2.4 261 37 319.5 320.4 292.7 333.6 4.32 9 600 4485 3.6 -7.1 46 10.7 -1.5 259 38 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.74 10 550 5183 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.7 251 34 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.33 11 500 5930 -9.1 -12.6 76 3.4 -10.5 233 29 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.6 2.92 12 450 6736 -14.9 -15.7 94 0.8 -15.2 246 36 324.5 325.0 292.5 332.9 2.50 13 400 7617 -21.1 -21.8 94 0.7 -21.3 262 39 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.4 1.67 14 350 8589 -28.3 -29.5 89 1.3 -28.5 260 41 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.0 0.94 15 300 9673 -37.5 -38.5 91 1.0 -37.7 252 37 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.2 0.46 16 250 10905 -46.5 -54.4 40 8.0 -46.8 258 38 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.3 0.09 17 200 12359 -54.2 -64.9 26 10.7 -54.4 242 39 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14168 -58.9 -75.0 11 16.1 -59.1 258 32 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16710 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 232 16 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.62 m Freezing level: 571.57 mb = 4882.26 m = 16017.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.15 mb = 4227.47 m = 13869.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.88 % Est. max temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.25 mb = 742.47 m = 2435.90 ft T: 27.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 34.84 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2733.70 m = 8968.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.98 C = 103.96 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -8.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3393.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.45 mb = 1731.80 m = 5681.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.45 mb = 3745.94 m = 12289.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.45 mb = 13513.38 m = 44334.70 ft B at Equ Level: 3359.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 458.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.70 Bulk Rich Number: 18.81 Bulk Shear: 180.41 m/s