MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-94.69 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 970 378 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 316 7 294.7 297.2 292.9 334.6 13.94 2 950 557 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.7 326 13 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.7 13.37 3 900 1019 15.7 14.9 95 0.8 15.2 331 19 297.7 299.9 292.4 332.4 11.95 4 850 1504 14.0 12.4 91 1.5 13.0 318 22 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.4 10.73 5 800 2016 13.7 6.7 63 7.0 9.6 312 19 305.7 307.2 291.5 329.1 7.72 6 750 2558 11.4 4.1 61 7.3 7.2 282 18 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.1 6.88 7 700 3132 7.4 1.4 66 6.0 4.1 269 24 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.4 6.05 8 650 3738 3.9 -2.6 62 6.5 0.6 268 33 313.4 314.3 291.4 328.8 4.86 9 600 4385 0.3 -5.3 66 5.6 -2.4 267 43 316.5 317.3 291.8 330.3 4.31 10 550 5077 -4.0 -9.5 66 5.4 -6.4 270 53 319.3 319.9 291.8 330.4 3.39 11 500 5822 -8.7 -11.2 82 2.5 -9.8 263 55 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.1 3.24 12 450 6632 -13.2 -15.2 85 2.0 -13.9 253 55 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.5 2.61 13 400 7522 -17.8 -22.8 65 5.1 -19.2 242 58 331.9 332.2 293.7 337.3 1.53 14 350 8509 -23.8 -25.7 84 2.0 -24.2 225 58 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.6 1.34 15 300 9616 -32.2 -32.2 100 0.0 -32.2 212 55 340.0 340.1 295.1 343.2 0.85 16 250 10877 -41.3 -42.7 86 1.4 -41.4 207 63 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.1 0.35 17 200 12353 -53.1 -55.7 74 2.5 -53.2 198 73 348.6 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.10 18 150 14151 -64.1 -68.1 58 4.0 -64.1 197 68 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.8 0.03 19 100 16667 -60.7 -85.0 3 24.3 -61.0 255 12 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.26 m Freezing level: 596.47 mb = 4433.37 m = 14544.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.48 mb = 3869.73 m = 12695.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.30 mb = 437.49 m = 1435.32 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1059.66 m = 3476.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.02 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 29.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5099.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.00 mb = 924.61 m = 3033.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -37.6 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 98.83 m/s