MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.61,-92.41 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 979 262 28.1 24.8 82 3.3 25.6 149 9 303.0 306.8 299.5 364.0 20.50 2 950 532 27.9 22.6 73 5.2 24.0 159 21 305.5 308.9 298.9 361.0 18.53 3 900 1013 26.3 19.3 66 6.9 21.3 185 30 308.6 311.6 298.1 356.8 15.89 4 850 1515 22.5 16.9 71 5.6 18.5 198 33 309.7 312.4 297.4 353.5 14.38 5 800 2040 18.4 14.8 79 3.6 15.9 209 36 310.8 313.3 297.0 351.5 13.33 6 750 2592 15.8 9.5 66 6.3 11.8 219 36 313.7 315.6 295.5 344.8 10.03 7 700 3176 12.6 3.1 52 9.6 7.1 227 36 316.5 317.8 293.9 338.1 6.84 8 650 3794 8.5 2.4 65 6.1 4.9 238 31 318.6 319.9 294.6 340.9 7.01 9 600 4451 4.0 -0.1 75 4.1 1.8 255 27 320.8 322.0 294.6 341.2 6.36 10 550 5153 -0.9 -10.1 50 9.2 -4.9 263 23 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.9 3.24 11 500 5906 -6.2 -14.6 51 8.4 -9.4 266 22 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.9 2.47 12 450 6722 -10.9 -21.7 41 10.8 -14.3 268 23 329.5 329.8 293.0 334.7 1.49 13 400 7619 -15.6 -29.6 29 14.0 -19.0 280 25 334.7 334.8 293.7 337.7 0.82 14 350 8611 -22.8 -37.9 24 15.1 -25.4 257 21 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.6 0.42 15 300 9721 -31.3 -47.9 18 16.6 -32.9 266 16 341.3 341.3 294.8 341.9 0.17 16 250 10985 -42.0 -53.4 28 11.4 -42.6 243 11 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.11 17 200 12453 -54.5 -61.2 43 6.7 -54.6 191 17 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14237 -66.4 -69.1 69 2.7 -66.4 298 17 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16674 -64.9 -83.4 6 18.5 -65.0 231 20 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.99 m Freezing level: 558.75 mb = 5029.72 m = 16501.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.69 mb = 4631.72 m = 15195.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.76 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.13 mb = 682.06 m = 2237.72 ft T: 27.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 25.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1942.51 m = 6372.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.59 C = 96.06 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2682.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.64 mb = 1456.95 m = 4779.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.64 mb = 2929.97 m = 9612.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.64 mb = 14623.99 m = 47978.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2641.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.47 Bulk Rich Number: 27.63 Bulk Shear: 97.07 m/s