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: 42.89,-93.35 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 970 358 25.5 23.7 90 1.9 24.2 107 13 301.3 304.9 298.4 358.4 19.34 2 950 537 25.6 22.3 82 3.4 23.2 117 24 303.2 306.5 298.1 356.9 18.08 3 900 1014 24.1 19.5 75 4.6 20.8 154 26 306.4 309.4 297.6 354.6 16.06 4 850 1514 20.9 17.7 82 3.3 18.7 184 29 308.1 310.9 297.4 353.8 15.13 5 800 2038 19.5 11.4 59 8.1 14.2 209 32 312.0 314.0 295.4 344.8 10.66 6 750 2592 16.8 4.9 45 11.9 9.7 218 34 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.6 7.26 7 700 3175 12.1 3.4 55 8.7 7.0 226 33 315.8 317.2 293.8 337.8 6.98 8 650 3791 7.0 1.6 68 5.5 3.9 238 32 316.9 318.2 293.8 337.9 6.61 9 600 4445 3.3 -2.5 66 5.8 0.3 254 34 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.31 10 550 5144 -2.5 -6.3 75 3.8 -4.3 275 28 321.1 321.9 293.1 335.2 4.33 11 500 5892 -8.2 -8.7 96 0.5 -8.4 283 32 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.1 3.97 12 450 6702 -14.1 -15.0 92 1.0 -14.4 281 36 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.5 2.64 13 400 7585 -20.2 -27.5 52 7.3 -21.8 271 35 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.4 1.00 14 350 8561 -27.0 -32.8 57 5.9 -28.0 261 28 332.4 332.5 293.0 335.0 0.69 15 300 9655 -34.5 -36.2 85 1.7 -34.7 233 24 336.7 336.9 294.0 338.9 0.58 16 250 10905 -43.5 -49.1 54 5.5 -43.9 246 17 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.18 17 200 12366 -55.7 -59.0 66 3.4 -55.8 234 4 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.07 18 150 14142 -66.0 -68.8 68 2.8 -66.1 250 18 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16640 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.1 231 15 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.26 m Freezing level: 571.63 mb = 4841.89 m = 15885.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.62 mb = 4490.62 m = 14732.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.19 % Est. max temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.25 mb = 591.05 m = 1939.11 ft T: 25.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.34 mb = 2373.39 m = 7786.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.79 C = 100.02 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -7.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2860.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.64 mb = 1314.26 m = 4311.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.64 mb = 3238.85 m = 10626.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.64 mb = 14365.90 m = 47131.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2799.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 522.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 522.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 174.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.67 Bulk Rich Number: 11.26 Bulk Shear: 253.92 m/s