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: 42.45,-93.55 Latitude: 42.45 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 351 28.6 25.6 84 3.0 26.4 91 4 304.7 308.8 300.7 370.5 21.91 2 950 504 29.8 21.4 61 8.4 23.6 144 6 307.4 310.6 298.5 359.2 17.16 3 900 985 26.4 18.4 62 8.0 20.7 190 13 308.7 311.5 297.5 354.0 14.96 4 850 1487 22.8 16.3 67 6.5 18.2 200 23 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.2 13.86 5 800 2014 19.4 14.1 71 5.3 15.8 215 27 311.8 314.2 296.8 350.9 12.72 6 750 2567 15.6 12.1 80 3.4 13.3 228 28 313.5 315.7 296.7 350.4 11.95 7 700 3149 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.3 235 33 315.1 317.2 296.4 349.0 10.87 8 650 3768 10.4 -0.3 48 10.7 4.4 244 33 320.7 321.8 294.1 339.3 5.76 9 600 4429 5.5 -5.4 45 10.9 0.0 247 30 322.4 323.3 293.4 336.4 4.25 10 550 5132 -0.7 -6.9 63 6.2 -3.6 252 35 323.3 324.1 293.6 336.9 4.15 11 500 5886 -6.3 -11.3 68 5.0 -8.4 257 37 325.4 326.0 293.4 336.2 3.23 12 450 6701 -12.0 -19.7 53 7.7 -14.5 252 33 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.3 1.78 13 400 7592 -17.3 -29.3 35 11.9 -20.1 245 31 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.6 0.85 14 350 8580 -23.9 -39.5 23 15.5 -26.3 225 32 336.5 336.6 293.8 337.9 0.36 15 300 9685 -32.5 -42.0 38 9.5 -33.6 217 44 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.9 0.32 16 250 10941 -42.9 -51.7 37 8.8 -43.4 217 47 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12404 -55.3 -58.5 68 3.2 -55.4 202 50 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.07 18 150 14193 -62.9 -71.1 32 8.2 -63.0 239 29 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.02 19 100 16678 -64.4 -82.9 6 18.5 -64.6 214 24 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.30 m Freezing level: 555.68 mb = 5052.28 m = 16575.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.73 mb = 4432.33 m = 14541.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.00 % Est. max temperature: 35.05 C = 95.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.07 mb = 730.81 m = 2397.64 ft T: 28.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 34.11 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.24 mb = 2349.57 m = 7708.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.65 C = 97.97 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 43.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2325.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.77 mb = 1780.59 m = 5841.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.77 mb = 2832.43 m = 9292.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 666.77 mb = 3555.27 m = 11664.12 ft B at Equ Level: 22.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 265.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.20 Bulk Rich Number: 22.42 Bulk Shear: 103.72 m/s