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: 42.14,-92.01 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 977 277 27.9 24.5 81 3.5 25.3 171 11 303.1 306.8 299.3 363.0 20.14 2 950 525 28.4 21.6 67 6.8 23.4 183 24 306.0 309.2 298.3 358.0 17.34 3 900 1005 25.5 19.1 68 6.4 20.9 205 30 307.8 310.7 297.7 355.0 15.64 4 850 1505 21.2 17.4 79 3.8 18.5 212 29 308.4 311.2 297.4 353.5 14.91 5 800 2029 19.1 12.7 67 6.3 14.8 222 34 311.5 313.7 296.0 347.2 11.63 6 750 2583 17.0 8.1 56 8.9 11.4 229 39 315.0 316.8 295.1 343.4 9.06 7 700 3168 13.1 5.4 59 7.8 8.4 237 41 317.0 318.6 294.9 342.4 8.04 8 650 3787 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.5 246 40 318.7 320.1 295.0 342.7 7.55 9 600 4445 3.9 -0.9 71 4.8 1.3 251 31 320.6 321.8 294.3 340.0 6.00 10 550 5146 -1.1 -10.0 51 8.9 -5.0 256 24 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.5 3.25 11 500 5899 -6.0 -17.5 40 11.5 -10.1 258 23 325.7 326.1 292.3 332.4 1.93 12 450 6714 -12.2 -20.3 51 8.0 -14.8 265 23 327.8 328.2 292.7 333.8 1.69 13 400 7604 -17.9 -28.2 40 10.4 -20.3 256 22 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.2 0.93 14 350 8588 -25.2 -35.2 39 10.0 -26.9 242 24 334.8 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.55 15 300 9692 -32.6 -39.5 50 6.9 -33.5 231 40 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.0 0.41 16 250 10947 -43.2 -44.5 87 1.3 -43.3 213 37 341.8 341.9 295.0 343.0 0.29 17 200 12408 -55.7 -57.0 85 1.3 -55.8 201 33 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.09 18 150 14199 -61.7 -72.8 21 11.1 -61.9 234 30 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16693 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.3 233 29 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.90 m Freezing level: 561.32 mb = 4987.09 m = 16361.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.66 mb = 4584.68 m = 15041.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.13 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.26 mb = 720.73 m = 2364.57 ft T: 27.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.62 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2401.93 m = 7880.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.63 C = 101.53 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2548.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.06 mb = 1514.86 m = 4969.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.06 mb = 3483.76 m = 11429.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.06 mb = 13641.30 m = 44754.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2539.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 323.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 34.23 Bulk Shear: 74.44 m/s