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: 42.89,-95.72 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -95.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 964 423 29.4 24.3 74 5.1 25.6 133 4 305.7 309.5 299.9 366.5 20.19 2 950 550 30.3 21.6 60 8.7 23.9 144 11 307.9 311.2 298.8 360.3 17.32 3 900 1033 27.9 18.0 55 9.9 20.8 176 17 310.3 313.0 297.7 354.7 14.57 4 850 1537 24.0 15.8 60 8.2 18.3 193 21 311.3 313.9 297.1 352.5 13.43 5 800 2066 20.4 13.6 65 6.8 15.8 210 31 312.9 315.2 296.8 350.9 12.34 6 750 2620 16.7 10.1 65 6.6 12.4 224 37 314.8 316.8 296.0 347.3 10.44 7 700 3205 13.7 -0.0 39 13.7 6.1 243 28 317.7 318.7 293.1 335.1 5.47 8 650 3825 9.0 -5.8 35 14.8 1.7 248 30 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.6 3.82 9 600 4480 3.0 -7.1 47 10.1 -1.7 248 34 319.6 320.4 292.2 331.9 3.75 10 550 5177 -3.2 -9.1 64 5.8 -5.8 253 34 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.8 3.50 11 500 5923 -9.1 -12.8 75 3.6 -10.5 267 38 321.9 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.87 12 450 6729 -15.0 -21.3 58 6.3 -16.9 272 39 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.8 1.55 13 400 7609 -21.2 -25.7 67 4.5 -22.2 271 37 327.4 327.7 292.2 331.6 1.18 14 350 8580 -28.2 -32.2 68 4.1 -28.9 255 43 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.5 0.73 15 300 9667 -37.1 -40.7 69 3.6 -37.5 254 33 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.36 16 250 10898 -47.0 -52.3 55 5.3 -47.2 262 37 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12 17 200 12349 -54.1 -62.2 37 8.0 -54.3 257 36 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14168 -58.8 -74.7 11 15.8 -59.0 253 37 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16709 -60.4 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.7 228 17 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.27 m Freezing level: 575.72 mb = 4818.48 m = 15808.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.14 mb = 4144.00 m = 13595.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.45 % Est. max temperature: 36.01 C = 96.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.40 mb = 1077.84 m = 3536.18 ft T: 27.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 34.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.13 mb = 2778.48 m = 9115.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.32 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -8.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3293.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.77 mb = 2046.31 m = 6713.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.77 mb = 3738.07 m = 12263.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.77 mb = 13497.83 m = 44283.70 ft B at Equ Level: 3252.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 338.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.09 Bulk Rich Number: 26.37 Bulk Shear: 124.88 m/s