MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 42.55,-93.03 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 972 332 25.2 22.6 86 2.6 23.3 164 7 300.8 304.1 297.4 353.9 18.06 2 950 533 25.8 19.8 69 6.0 21.5 176 14 303.4 306.2 296.5 349.3 15.46 3 900 1008 23.0 17.4 71 5.6 19.1 221 15 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.0 13.99 4 850 1505 19.7 16.6 82 3.1 17.6 250 19 306.8 309.4 296.5 349.3 14.14 5 800 2026 16.4 14.7 90 1.7 15.3 277 14 308.6 311.1 296.4 348.9 13.28 6 750 2574 13.7 8.1 69 5.5 10.2 306 14 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.4 9.09 7 700 3153 11.2 2.6 56 8.5 6.3 300 16 314.8 316.1 293.2 335.6 6.61 8 650 3767 6.4 1.2 69 5.2 3.5 276 21 316.2 317.5 293.5 336.7 6.46 9 600 4419 1.3 -2.0 78 3.3 -0.4 278 26 317.6 318.7 293.1 335.2 5.50 10 550 5113 -3.9 -7.2 78 3.3 -5.4 294 28 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.6 4.04 11 500 5859 -8.7 -12.0 77 3.3 -10.1 300 35 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.04 12 450 6667 -14.5 -15.7 90 1.2 -14.9 287 29 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.5 2.49 13 400 7549 -20.7 -22.2 88 1.5 -21.1 276 26 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.8 1.62 14 350 8523 -27.1 -29.1 83 2.1 -27.5 287 22 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.9 0.98 15 300 9615 -35.6 -36.7 89 1.1 -35.7 284 22 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.3 0.55 16 250 10856 -45.5 -47.0 85 1.4 -45.6 284 18 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.22 17 200 12307 -56.0 -59.5 64 3.6 -56.1 278 28 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14106 -62.6 -72.9 24 10.2 -62.7 270 40 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16615 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 282 18 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.53 m Freezing level: 587.56 mb = 4591.33 m = 15063.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.63 mb = 4342.57 m = 14247.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.94 mb = 654.82 m = 2148.34 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 13.69 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 1990.30 m = 6529.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1860.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.72 mb = 1467.08 m = 4813.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.72 mb = 3532.07 m = 11588.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.72 mb = 13010.51 m = 42684.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1835.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.72 mb = 16097.72 m = 52813.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 144.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 19.77 Bulk Shear: 94.13 m/s