MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.09,-93.26 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -93.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 971 309 28.4 24.1 78 4.3 25.2 162 11 304.1 307.7 299.4 363.3 19.85 2 950 503 29.4 21.4 62 8.0 23.5 171 24 307.0 310.2 298.4 358.6 17.13 3 900 985 27.1 18.0 58 9.1 20.6 191 30 309.4 312.2 297.4 353.8 14.59 4 850 1489 23.8 15.7 60 8.1 18.2 211 29 311.1 313.6 297.0 351.9 13.33 5 800 2018 21.2 12.7 58 8.5 15.5 232 26 313.7 315.9 296.5 349.7 11.62 6 750 2574 17.2 10.5 65 6.7 12.8 247 28 315.2 317.3 296.3 348.6 10.69 7 700 3159 12.8 8.2 74 4.6 9.9 247 32 316.7 318.5 296.1 347.4 9.80 8 650 3779 9.6 2.2 60 7.3 5.3 239 34 319.8 321.1 294.8 342.0 6.93 9 600 4438 5.2 -5.0 48 10.2 0.1 243 29 322.2 323.0 293.4 336.6 4.39 10 550 5142 -0.4 -9.7 49 9.3 -4.5 257 30 323.7 324.3 293.0 334.8 3.34 11 500 5896 -6.5 -12.1 64 5.6 -8.8 262 32 325.1 325.7 293.2 335.3 3.03 12 450 6710 -12.3 -18.5 60 6.2 -14.4 260 29 327.7 328.1 292.9 334.5 1.97 13 400 7601 -17.5 -30.3 32 12.8 -20.4 244 26 332.2 332.4 293.1 335.1 0.77 14 350 8587 -24.5 -39.9 23 15.4 -26.8 229 28 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.1 0.34 15 300 9690 -32.8 -39.7 50 6.8 -33.7 220 41 339.1 339.2 294.5 340.7 0.41 16 250 10944 -43.5 -49.4 52 5.9 -43.9 219 46 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.17 17 200 12406 -55.6 -56.6 88 1.0 -55.6 198 45 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.09 18 150 14194 -62.9 -70.9 33 8.0 -63.0 238 35 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.02 19 100 16686 -64.7 -83.2 6 18.5 -64.9 225 23 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.39 m Freezing level: 553.21 mb = 5096.78 m = 16721.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.15 mb = 4449.91 m = 14599.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.35 % Est. max temperature: 36.84 C = 98.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.34 mb = 854.26 m = 2802.67 ft T: 27.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 28.53 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2700.54 m = 8859.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.76 C = 103.58 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 41.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2337.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.67 mb = 1816.41 m = 5959.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.67 mb = 3859.38 m = 12661.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.67 mb = 13651.63 m = 44788.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2332.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 287.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.97 Bulk Rich Number: 22.69 Bulk Shear: 103.03 m/s