MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-93.11 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 973 316 26.6 24.7 89 1.9 25.2 144 11 302.1 305.9 299.2 362.7 20.47 2 950 526 26.0 23.0 84 3.0 23.8 156 21 303.6 307.1 298.7 360.1 18.97 3 900 1004 24.6 20.1 76 4.6 21.3 188 29 306.9 310.0 298.1 357.1 16.67 4 850 1504 21.1 17.3 79 3.8 18.5 199 32 308.3 311.1 297.3 353.1 14.80 5 800 2028 19.3 13.4 68 6.0 15.3 218 32 311.8 314.1 296.4 349.1 12.16 6 750 2584 18.2 7.6 50 10.6 11.5 222 35 316.3 318.0 295.2 343.8 8.74 7 700 3171 14.4 4.7 52 9.6 8.5 236 31 318.4 319.9 295.0 342.8 7.69 8 650 3793 9.9 0.5 52 9.5 4.6 262 20 320.2 321.4 294.3 339.9 6.11 9 600 4452 4.6 -5.5 48 10.1 -0.4 296 13 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.3 4.23 10 550 5153 -1.8 -10.0 53 8.2 -5.4 303 16 322.0 322.6 292.4 332.7 3.25 11 500 5902 -7.6 -16.3 50 8.7 -10.8 304 18 323.7 324.2 292.0 331.0 2.14 12 450 6713 -13.6 -20.0 58 6.5 -15.6 298 25 326.2 326.5 292.3 332.2 1.73 13 400 7599 -19.2 -28.5 44 9.2 -21.3 305 27 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.3 0.91 14 350 8578 -26.2 -35.7 40 9.5 -27.7 279 15 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.52 15 300 9677 -33.6 -50.7 16 17.1 -35.0 261 14 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 16 250 10928 -43.9 -51.9 41 8.0 -44.3 264 12 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.13 17 200 12385 -56.0 -56.6 93 0.6 -56.0 232 14 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.09 18 150 14168 -61.6 -71.1 27 9.6 -61.7 259 31 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.02 19 100 16672 -64.6 -82.9 6 18.4 -64.7 218 16 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.84 m Freezing level: 564.08 mb = 4955.13 m = 16256.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.87 mb = 4398.74 m = 14431.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.75 % Est. max temperature: 34.56 C = 94.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.48 mb = 558.91 m = 1833.66 ft T: 25.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 31.71 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2476.64 m = 8125.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.80 C = 103.65 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3041.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.05 mb = 1249.88 m = 4100.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.05 mb = 3791.92 m = 12440.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.05 mb = 13765.90 m = 45163.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3029.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 369.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.12 Bulk Rich Number: 32.12 Bulk Shear: 94.71 m/s