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: 42.55,-93.43 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 966 356 28.3 25.7 86 2.6 26.3 100 3 304.4 308.5 300.7 370.4 21.99 2 950 506 29.5 21.6 63 7.9 23.7 154 6 307.1 310.4 298.6 359.5 17.36 3 900 987 26.0 18.6 64 7.4 20.7 194 13 308.3 311.1 297.5 354.2 15.17 4 850 1488 22.3 16.5 70 5.8 18.2 202 22 309.5 312.1 297.1 352.1 14.00 5 800 2014 18.9 14.2 74 4.7 15.7 216 27 311.3 313.7 296.7 350.6 12.81 6 750 2566 15.3 12.1 81 3.2 13.1 229 29 313.2 315.4 296.6 350.0 11.93 7 700 3148 11.5 9.4 87 2.0 10.2 235 35 315.2 317.3 296.3 348.5 10.67 8 650 3767 10.4 -0.4 47 10.8 4.4 244 34 320.7 321.8 294.1 339.2 5.73 9 600 4428 5.3 -4.9 48 10.2 0.1 247 31 322.2 323.1 293.5 336.8 4.43 10 550 5131 -0.8 -6.6 65 5.8 -3.6 250 36 323.1 323.9 293.6 337.1 4.23 11 500 5884 -6.3 -10.7 71 4.4 -8.2 256 38 325.4 326.0 293.5 336.7 3.38 12 450 6699 -12.0 -19.1 56 7.1 -14.3 252 34 328.2 328.5 293.0 334.7 1.88 13 400 7591 -17.3 -27.7 40 10.5 -19.8 245 31 332.5 332.7 293.3 336.1 0.98 14 350 8579 -23.9 -37.5 27 13.6 -26.1 226 31 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.2 0.43 15 300 9684 -32.5 -40.8 43 8.4 -33.5 218 43 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.0 0.36 16 250 10940 -42.8 -50.2 44 7.3 -43.3 218 46 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.15 17 200 12404 -55.3 -58.2 70 2.9 -55.4 203 49 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14194 -62.8 -70.7 34 7.9 -62.9 241 28 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16679 -64.3 -82.8 6 18.6 -64.4 217 25 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.38 m Freezing level: 556.70 mb = 5036.64 m = 16524.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.17 mb = 4452.35 m = 14607.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.68 mb = 688.50 m = 2258.82 ft T: 28.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 33.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2237.96 m = 7342.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2329.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.01 mb = 1715.42 m = 5627.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.01 mb = 2759.34 m = 9052.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.01 mb = 3601.59 m = 11816.08 ft B at Equ Level: 21.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 256.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 23.36 Bulk Shear: 99.72 m/s