MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-95.71 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 964 413 30.0 25.6 78 4.4 26.7 114 5 306.3 310.4 301.0 372.6 21.95 2 950 544 29.6 22.9 67 6.7 24.6 121 8 307.2 310.7 299.4 363.9 18.78 3 900 1025 26.0 20.1 70 5.9 21.7 156 10 308.3 311.4 298.4 358.8 16.66 4 850 1528 24.2 14.2 54 10.0 17.4 191 14 311.5 313.8 296.3 348.7 12.10 5 800 2058 22.3 4.5 31 17.8 11.7 206 13 314.9 316.2 293.3 335.8 6.62 6 750 2614 18.4 -1.5 26 19.9 7.6 215 10 316.6 317.5 292.0 331.2 4.57 7 700 3200 13.6 -2.3 33 16.0 5.2 254 12 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.4 4.60 8 650 3818 8.8 -5.8 35 14.6 1.6 269 20 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.3 3.81 9 600 4474 3.4 -6.5 48 9.8 -1.3 281 28 320.0 320.8 292.5 332.9 3.93 10 550 5172 -2.3 -11.7 49 9.4 -6.2 292 37 321.3 321.9 291.9 330.8 2.84 11 500 5920 -9.2 -14.1 67 4.9 -11.0 292 39 321.8 322.4 291.8 330.4 2.56 12 450 6725 -14.6 -27.6 32 13.1 -17.7 301 33 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.0 0.88 13 400 7607 -20.2 -38.8 17 18.6 -23.2 297 33 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.33 14 350 8583 -27.2 -41.9 24 14.6 -29.1 294 38 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.28 15 300 9676 -34.6 -42.3 46 7.7 -35.4 283 36 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.8 0.31 16 250 10922 -45.0 -50.1 57 5.0 -45.3 277 33 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 17 200 12372 -56.1 -61.7 50 5.5 -56.2 280 32 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14170 -60.9 -74.3 16 13.4 -61.0 269 34 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16686 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 207 9 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.63 m Freezing level: 570.45 mb = 4886.61 m = 16032.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.66 mb = 4170.14 m = 13681.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.25 % Est. max temperature: 37.54 C = 99.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.86 mb = 967.60 m = 3174.50 ft T: 26.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 41.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.70 mb = 2754.63 m = 9037.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.41 C = 104.73 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -9.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 31.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3637.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.29 mb = 1722.73 m = 5651.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.29 mb = 3364.84 m = 11039.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.29 mb = 13913.23 m = 45646.51 ft B at Equ Level: 3612.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.60 Bulk Rich Number: 33.55 Bulk Shear: 108.42 m/s