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: 42.85,-95.22 Latitude: 42.85 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 965 414 28.5 24.5 79 4.0 25.5 138 11 304.8 308.6 299.9 366.2 20.49 2 950 552 28.9 22.8 70 6.1 24.3 145 20 306.5 310.0 299.2 362.7 18.66 3 900 1034 27.5 18.0 56 9.5 20.8 177 25 309.8 312.6 297.5 354.3 14.60 4 850 1538 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.2 197 26 311.2 313.7 297.0 351.8 13.25 5 800 2066 20.4 13.5 64 7.0 15.7 218 33 312.9 315.3 296.8 350.7 12.23 6 750 2621 17.5 8.3 54 9.3 11.6 236 37 315.6 317.4 295.4 344.4 9.18 7 700 3207 14.2 -2.2 32 16.4 5.5 256 29 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.2 4.67 8 650 3827 9.3 -4.8 37 14.1 2.2 256 37 319.4 320.2 292.5 332.8 4.12 9 600 4483 3.2 -6.7 48 9.9 -1.5 255 38 319.9 320.6 292.4 332.4 3.85 10 550 5180 -3.1 -8.6 66 5.4 -5.5 252 36 320.3 321.1 292.3 332.3 3.64 11 500 5926 -9.2 -11.9 81 2.7 -10.3 248 32 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.0 3.08 12 450 6733 -14.7 -17.2 82 2.4 -15.5 257 36 324.7 325.2 292.3 332.3 2.21 13 400 7613 -21.1 -23.2 84 2.0 -21.7 264 39 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.7 1.48 14 350 8585 -28.2 -30.9 77 2.7 -28.7 255 43 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.83 15 300 9670 -37.4 -39.5 81 2.1 -37.7 250 36 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.2 0.41 16 250 10902 -46.7 -54.2 42 7.5 -47.0 260 39 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 17 200 12355 -54.1 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.3 246 38 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14166 -59.0 -75.0 11 16.0 -59.2 257 35 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16710 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 232 15 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.88 m Freezing level: 574.70 mb = 4835.95 m = 15865.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.37 mb = 4209.52 m = 13810.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.34 % Est. max temperature: 36.09 C = 96.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.34 mb = 921.99 m = 3024.86 ft T: 27.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 34.17 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.86 mb = 2840.67 m = 9319.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.23 C = 104.41 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -8.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3373.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.72 mb = 1885.66 m = 6186.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.72 mb = 3677.55 m = 12065.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.72 mb = 13314.71 m = 43682.90 ft B at Equ Level: 3361.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 417.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 417.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.97 Bulk Rich Number: 19.86 Bulk Shear: 169.88 m/s