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: 42.59,-94.41 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -94.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 966 358 27.4 24.3 84 3.0 25.1 137 14 303.5 307.3 299.4 363.8 20.24 2 950 502 27.4 22.7 76 4.7 23.9 143 24 305.0 308.5 298.8 360.7 18.61 3 900 981 26.5 19.3 65 7.2 21.3 174 33 308.8 311.8 298.1 356.9 15.84 4 850 1486 24.9 15.5 56 9.4 18.4 204 31 312.2 314.7 297.2 352.7 13.16 5 800 2016 21.4 13.1 59 8.3 15.8 227 31 314.0 316.3 296.8 351.1 11.97 6 750 2573 19.3 6.6 44 12.6 11.4 250 27 317.5 319.1 295.1 343.4 8.20 7 700 3163 16.2 -0.7 32 16.8 6.8 257 17 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.2 5.21 8 650 3787 10.6 -2.9 38 13.6 3.4 264 14 321.0 321.9 293.4 336.4 4.74 9 600 4446 4.7 -6.0 46 10.7 -0.6 287 12 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.9 4.07 10 550 5148 -1.6 -9.4 55 7.8 -5.1 280 15 322.2 322.9 292.6 333.5 3.41 11 500 5898 -7.9 -12.0 72 4.2 -9.6 262 20 323.4 324.0 292.7 333.6 3.04 12 450 6708 -13.3 -17.8 69 4.4 -14.8 271 30 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.7 2.10 13 400 7595 -19.0 -21.4 81 2.4 -19.7 290 27 330.3 330.7 293.4 336.4 1.73 14 350 8576 -26.0 -34.6 44 8.6 -27.5 262 16 333.7 333.8 293.3 335.9 0.58 15 300 9674 -33.9 -43.8 36 9.9 -34.9 268 18 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.7 0.26 16 250 10924 -44.1 -53.5 35 9.4 -44.6 282 16 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.11 17 200 12379 -56.3 -62.3 47 6.0 -56.4 277 15 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 14161 -63.6 -69.9 42 6.3 -63.7 247 30 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.02 19 100 16669 -63.5 -83.2 5 19.7 -63.7 216 11 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.42 m Freezing level: 562.64 mb = 4970.38 m = 16306.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.05 mb = 4350.17 m = 14272.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.20 % Est. max temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.99 mb = 738.17 m = 2421.78 ft T: 26.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 30.38 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.00 mb = 3163.37 m = 10378.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.06 C = 111.30 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3058.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 318.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.05 mb = 1640.83 m = 5383.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.05 mb = 4043.72 m = 13266.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.05 mb = 14158.34 m = 46450.69 ft B at Equ Level: 3021.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 446.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.42 Bulk Rich Number: 23.13 Bulk Shear: 132.22 m/s