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: 42.98,-94.65 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -94.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 969 376 28.6 26.1 86 2.5 26.7 152 5 304.5 308.6 300.9 371.8 22.45 2 950 551 27.6 23.6 79 4.0 24.6 158 9 305.2 308.9 299.5 364.2 19.67 3 900 1029 23.6 21.3 87 2.3 21.9 182 9 305.9 309.2 298.7 360.0 18.02 4 850 1530 24.4 10.4 41 14.0 15.4 217 10 311.7 313.5 294.5 340.6 9.38 5 800 2059 22.4 0.4 23 22.0 10.1 231 11 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.7 4.93 6 750 2615 17.5 0.7 32 16.9 8.1 251 12 315.6 316.7 292.4 332.7 5.37 7 700 3198 12.6 -0.1 42 12.7 5.6 267 15 316.5 317.5 292.7 333.8 5.44 8 650 3815 8.0 -4.8 40 12.8 1.6 280 22 318.0 318.8 292.1 331.3 4.13 9 600 4469 2.7 -4.4 59 7.1 -0.8 292 31 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.2 4.61 10 550 5167 -2.8 -11.4 52 8.6 -6.4 295 39 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.5 2.92 11 500 5913 -9.6 -13.2 74 3.7 -10.9 295 44 321.4 321.9 291.9 330.6 2.76 12 450 6717 -15.1 -25.3 41 10.2 -17.7 303 31 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.0 1.08 13 400 7599 -19.6 -38.9 16 19.3 -22.8 295 34 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.33 14 350 8577 -26.8 -42.2 22 15.4 -28.7 301 33 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.27 15 300 9670 -35.0 -44.1 39 9.1 -35.9 295 30 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.25 16 250 10915 -45.0 -53.9 36 8.9 -45.4 280 31 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.10 17 200 12366 -56.1 -61.4 51 5.3 -56.2 270 29 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14165 -60.7 -74.1 16 13.4 -60.9 265 29 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -62.9 -83.7 4 20.7 -63.1 222 14 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.36 m Freezing level: 575.07 mb = 4817.00 m = 15803.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4245.41 m = 13928.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.24 % Est. max temperature: 37.77 C = 99.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.77 mb = 694.24 m = 2277.66 ft T: 26.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 41.15 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.23 mb = 2486.65 m = 8158.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.51 C = 103.12 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -10.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3759.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.23 mb = 1344.25 m = 4410.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.23 mb = 3159.59 m = 10365.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.23 mb = 14031.94 m = 46035.98 ft B at Equ Level: 3717.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 37.04 Bulk Shear: 101.50 m/s