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: 42.88,-93.63 Latitude: 42.88 Longitude: -93.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 968 366 26.2 24.0 88 2.2 24.6 112 12 302.1 305.8 298.8 360.7 19.77 2 950 533 26.0 22.6 82 3.4 23.5 119 22 303.5 306.9 298.4 358.4 18.42 3 900 1011 24.4 19.7 75 4.7 21.0 158 26 306.7 309.7 297.8 355.6 16.26 4 850 1511 21.4 17.2 77 4.2 18.5 187 30 308.6 311.4 297.3 353.1 14.69 5 800 2036 20.0 10.3 53 9.7 13.7 212 32 312.5 314.4 295.0 343.0 9.87 6 750 2590 16.9 5.3 46 11.6 9.9 222 34 314.9 316.4 293.9 338.4 7.46 7 700 3173 12.0 4.5 60 7.4 7.5 229 33 315.7 317.2 294.2 339.6 7.59 8 650 3789 7.1 2.6 73 4.6 4.5 240 32 317.0 318.4 294.2 339.5 7.10 9 600 4444 3.4 -2.0 67 5.5 0.5 251 35 320.1 321.2 293.8 337.8 5.50 10 550 5144 -2.5 -6.5 74 4.1 -4.4 275 27 321.2 322.0 293.1 335.1 4.27 11 500 5892 -8.1 -8.4 98 0.3 -8.2 285 33 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.6 4.08 12 450 6702 -14.1 -15.5 89 1.4 -14.6 280 37 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.1 2.53 13 400 7585 -20.1 -28.8 46 8.7 -22.0 272 35 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.0 0.89 14 350 8561 -27.0 -33.3 55 6.4 -28.0 265 26 332.4 332.5 293.0 334.8 0.66 15 300 9656 -34.3 -36.0 84 1.7 -34.5 234 25 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.3 0.59 16 250 10907 -43.3 -51.0 42 7.7 -43.7 241 19 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.14 17 200 12368 -55.6 -59.2 64 3.6 -55.7 246 10 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 18 150 14143 -66.3 -68.8 71 2.4 -66.3 247 18 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16637 -60.5 -83.9 3 23.4 -60.8 238 16 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.44 m Freezing level: 570.95 mb = 4850.66 m = 15914.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.44 mb = 4519.11 m = 14826.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.41 % Est. max temperature: 35.04 C = 95.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.07 mb = 644.87 m = 2115.70 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 22.34 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2404.18 m = 7887.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.10 C = 100.57 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -6.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3029.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.85 mb = 1349.13 m = 4426.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.85 mb = 3163.07 m = 10377.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.85 mb = 14108.02 m = 46285.59 ft B at Equ Level: 3026.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 506.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 506.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.96 Bulk Rich Number: 12.78 Bulk Shear: 237.04 m/s