MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.00,-95.02 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 960 420 29.3 21.4 63 7.9 23.6 28 19 306.0 309.2 298.1 357.0 16.98 2 950 516 27.6 20.3 65 7.3 22.3 35 24 305.2 308.1 297.3 353.0 15.99 3 900 993 25.2 19.2 70 5.9 20.9 68 18 307.4 310.4 297.7 355.0 15.78 4 850 1496 23.3 16.7 67 6.5 18.7 123 16 310.5 313.2 297.5 354.1 14.25 5 800 2023 19.7 14.2 70 5.6 16.0 158 20 312.2 314.6 297.0 351.7 12.83 6 750 2576 15.3 12.4 83 2.8 13.4 176 25 313.2 315.5 296.8 350.8 12.20 7 700 3158 11.2 10.1 93 1.0 10.5 197 31 314.8 317.0 296.5 349.6 11.18 8 650 3777 10.3 2.4 58 7.9 5.7 239 44 320.6 322.0 295.1 343.2 7.04 9 600 4438 4.9 -0.7 67 5.7 1.8 252 42 321.8 323.0 294.7 341.5 6.06 10 550 5141 -1.4 -3.3 87 1.9 -2.4 257 41 322.4 323.4 294.4 340.1 5.46 11 500 5891 -7.7 -11.3 75 3.6 -9.2 261 41 323.7 324.3 292.9 334.4 3.22 12 450 6704 -12.7 -18.5 62 5.8 -14.6 263 42 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.2 1.98 13 400 7594 -18.3 -27.1 46 8.8 -20.4 263 37 331.3 331.5 293.0 335.0 1.04 14 350 8576 -25.1 -30.1 63 5.0 -26.1 257 33 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.2 0.90 15 300 9678 -33.2 -37.7 64 4.5 -33.8 255 26 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.50 16 250 10931 -43.6 -53.2 34 9.6 -44.2 236 18 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.11 17 200 12397 -53.7 -61.3 39 7.6 -53.9 108 22 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14184 -66.7 -68.6 77 1.9 -66.8 204 12 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16653 -64.2 -84.3 5 20.1 -64.4 236 13 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.45 m Freezing level: 561.34 mb = 4981.30 m = 16342.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.24 mb = 4736.37 m = 15539.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.22 % Est. max temperature: 35.12 C = 95.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.93 mb = 1424.24 m = 4672.65 ft T: 23.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 20.87 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.48 mb = 2423.36 m = 7950.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.10 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -6.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 46.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2105.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.12 mb = 1732.87 m = 5685.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.12 mb = 3013.06 m = 9885.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 682.12 mb = 3374.10 m = 11069.75 ft B at Equ Level: 22.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 718.9 neg: -4.9 tot: 714.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.61 Bulk Rich Number: 5.45 Bulk Shear: 386.42 m/s