MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.15,-93.59 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 973 319 28.0 24.1 80 3.8 25.2 136 11 303.5 307.2 299.2 362.6 19.85 2 950 529 28.9 21.4 64 7.5 23.4 154 22 306.5 309.7 298.3 358.1 17.14 3 900 1010 26.4 18.6 62 7.9 20.8 181 28 308.8 311.6 297.6 354.6 15.12 4 850 1512 23.0 15.6 63 7.3 17.9 196 30 310.2 312.7 296.8 350.7 13.26 5 800 2039 21.7 5.5 35 16.2 11.9 219 34 314.3 315.7 293.4 336.5 7.09 6 750 2596 18.5 -1.4 26 19.9 7.6 227 32 316.6 317.5 292.1 331.3 4.59 7 700 3181 13.6 -2.3 33 15.9 5.2 232 25 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.4 4.62 8 650 3799 8.6 -2.6 45 11.3 2.7 246 19 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.4 4.85 9 600 4455 3.2 -4.5 57 7.7 -0.7 253 20 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.6 4.57 10 550 5153 -2.6 -6.3 75 3.8 -4.3 284 23 321.0 321.9 293.1 335.2 4.33 11 500 5903 -7.7 -10.4 81 2.6 -8.8 289 25 323.6 324.3 293.1 335.2 3.47 12 450 6714 -13.6 -15.3 87 1.8 -14.2 284 25 326.2 326.7 293.0 335.0 2.58 13 400 7599 -19.8 -22.8 77 3.0 -20.6 277 26 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.7 1.53 14 350 8576 -26.9 -28.7 85 1.8 -27.2 262 17 332.5 332.7 293.4 336.3 1.03 15 300 9669 -34.7 -34.9 98 0.2 -34.7 249 13 336.4 336.6 294.0 338.9 0.66 16 250 10918 -44.0 -48.5 61 4.5 -44.3 253 17 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 17 200 12376 -55.8 -61.6 48 5.8 -55.9 255 11 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 18 150 14155 -66.3 -68.6 73 2.3 -66.4 269 14 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16638 -61.6 -83.7 4 22.1 -61.9 239 16 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.18 m Freezing level: 572.42 mb = 4840.28 m = 15880.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4318.97 m = 14169.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.88 % Est. max temperature: 36.80 C = 98.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.78 mb = 806.49 m = 2645.95 ft T: 27.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 31.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.25 mb = 2856.99 m = 9373.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.40 C = 106.52 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: -6.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 30.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2981.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.23 mb = 1716.71 m = 5632.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.23 mb = 3606.16 m = 11831.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.23 mb = 14352.75 m = 47088.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2941.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.1 neg: -11.5 tot: 344.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.50 Bulk Rich Number: 27.63 Bulk Shear: 107.93 m/s