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,-93.47 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -93.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 966 358 28.4 25.8 86 2.7 26.4 90 3 304.6 308.7 300.7 370.8 22.07 2 950 505 29.6 21.5 62 8.0 23.7 150 5 307.2 310.4 298.5 359.3 17.27 3 900 986 26.0 18.6 64 7.4 20.7 194 12 308.3 311.1 297.5 354.0 15.11 4 850 1488 22.3 16.4 69 5.9 18.2 201 22 309.5 312.2 297.1 352.0 13.97 5 800 2013 18.9 14.2 74 4.8 15.7 215 27 311.3 313.8 296.8 350.6 12.81 6 750 2566 15.3 12.2 82 3.1 13.2 228 29 313.2 315.4 296.7 350.1 11.97 7 700 3148 11.4 9.6 89 1.8 10.2 234 34 315.1 317.2 296.3 348.6 10.76 8 650 3767 10.4 -0.5 46 11.0 4.4 244 33 320.8 321.9 294.1 339.1 5.66 9 600 4427 5.3 -5.0 47 10.3 0.1 247 31 322.3 323.1 293.5 336.7 4.40 10 550 5130 -0.8 -6.5 65 5.7 -3.6 250 36 323.1 324.0 293.6 337.2 4.27 11 500 5884 -6.2 -10.8 70 4.6 -8.2 256 38 325.4 326.1 293.5 336.7 3.35 12 450 6699 -12.0 -19.3 54 7.3 -14.4 252 34 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.6 1.84 13 400 7591 -17.3 -27.9 39 10.6 -19.9 245 32 332.5 332.7 293.3 336.0 0.96 14 350 8579 -23.9 -38.0 26 14.1 -26.1 225 31 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.2 0.41 15 300 9684 -32.4 -41.2 41 8.8 -33.5 218 43 339.7 339.7 294.6 341.0 0.34 16 250 10941 -42.8 -50.6 42 7.8 -43.3 218 47 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.15 17 200 12404 -55.3 -58.5 67 3.2 -55.4 203 49 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14194 -62.8 -70.9 33 8.1 -62.9 240 28 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 19 100 16679 -64.3 -82.8 6 18.5 -64.4 216 25 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.50 m Freezing level: 556.60 mb = 5037.56 m = 16527.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.14 mb = 4452.32 m = 14607.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.40 % Est. max temperature: 34.55 C = 94.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.99 mb = 694.69 m = 2279.13 ft T: 28.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 34.07 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2257.02 m = 7404.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.93 C = 96.67 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 43.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2301.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.52 mb = 1730.73 m = 5678.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.52 mb = 2776.29 m = 9108.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 671.52 mb = 3494.76 m = 11465.62 ft B at Equ Level: 22.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 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: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 22.81 Bulk Shear: 100.88 m/s