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: 42.69,-93.51 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 966 364 27.9 25.4 86 2.5 26.0 81 1 304.1 308.0 300.3 368.5 21.56 2 950 509 29.0 21.4 64 7.6 23.5 197 4 306.6 309.8 298.3 358.2 17.13 3 900 989 25.3 18.7 67 6.6 20.6 209 11 307.6 310.4 297.4 353.6 15.26 4 850 1489 21.6 16.5 73 5.1 18.1 209 19 308.8 311.4 297.0 351.5 14.07 5 800 2013 18.4 14.4 77 4.0 15.6 219 25 310.7 313.2 296.7 350.4 12.97 6 750 2565 14.9 12.3 84 2.6 13.2 229 27 312.8 315.1 296.6 350.0 12.08 7 700 3147 11.4 9.5 88 1.9 10.2 234 34 315.1 317.1 296.3 348.4 10.71 8 650 3765 9.9 1.0 54 8.9 4.9 241 36 320.2 321.4 294.4 340.6 6.35 9 600 4425 4.9 -3.5 54 8.4 0.5 245 34 321.8 322.8 293.8 337.9 4.93 10 550 5127 -1.0 -5.6 71 4.6 -3.2 249 38 322.9 323.8 293.9 338.0 4.60 11 500 5881 -6.3 -10.4 73 4.1 -8.1 254 40 325.4 326.1 293.6 337.0 3.47 12 450 6696 -12.0 -18.3 59 6.4 -14.1 250 36 328.2 328.6 293.1 335.1 2.01 13 400 7587 -17.4 -25.7 48 8.3 -19.6 245 33 332.4 332.6 293.5 336.7 1.18 14 350 8575 -24.0 -34.5 37 10.6 -25.9 226 31 336.4 336.6 294.0 338.7 0.58 15 300 9680 -32.4 -40.1 46 7.7 -33.4 217 41 339.7 339.7 294.6 341.2 0.39 16 250 10937 -42.7 -48.1 55 5.4 -43.0 217 46 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.20 17 200 12401 -55.2 -58.4 67 3.2 -55.3 204 50 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14191 -63.0 -69.5 41 6.5 -63.1 239 25 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.02 19 100 16676 -63.5 -82.8 6 19.3 -63.7 216 26 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.41 m Freezing level: 558.16 mb = 5012.84 m = 16446.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.71 mb = 4523.68 m = 14841.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.51 mb = 683.16 m = 2241.31 ft T: 27.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 30.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.30 mb = 2150.09 m = 7054.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 42.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2164.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.02 mb = 1653.33 m = 5424.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.02 mb = 2804.23 m = 9200.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.02 mb = 3650.11 m = 11975.30 ft B at Equ Level: 19.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 204.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 25.70 Bulk Shear: 84.22 m/s