MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.3,-95.38 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 969 405 27.0 23.2 80 3.8 24.2 147 11 302.9 306.3 298.4 358.4 18.74 2 950 578 26.7 21.1 71 5.6 22.7 152 20 304.3 307.4 297.6 354.5 16.85 3 900 1054 23.6 18.8 75 4.8 20.2 174 26 305.8 308.7 297.0 351.9 15.37 4 850 1554 22.6 15.8 65 6.8 17.8 214 28 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.5 13.38 5 800 2080 19.4 12.7 65 6.7 14.9 226 27 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.6 11.63 6 750 2635 18.4 1.9 33 16.5 8.9 207 12 316.5 317.7 293.1 335.1 5.85 7 700 3222 14.3 -3.0 30 17.3 5.2 225 8 318.3 319.2 292.4 332.5 4.38 8 650 3842 9.5 -10.0 24 19.6 0.7 274 9 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.75 9 600 4498 3.9 -13.0 28 16.9 -3.1 294 14 320.6 321.1 291.3 328.5 2.34 10 550 5197 -2.2 -16.6 32 14.4 -7.5 301 20 321.5 321.8 291.1 327.9 1.89 11 500 5944 -9.0 -18.0 48 9.0 -12.0 298 27 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.4 1.86 12 450 6749 -15.5 -24.5 46 9.1 -17.9 296 29 323.8 324.0 291.1 327.8 1.16 13 400 7628 -21.1 -30.6 42 9.5 -23.0 317 30 327.6 327.7 291.8 330.3 0.75 14 350 8600 -28.1 -37.2 42 9.0 -29.5 323 21 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.45 15 300 9688 -36.3 -47.3 31 11.0 -37.2 305 26 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10926 -45.9 -56.3 30 10.4 -46.3 312 30 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.07 17 200 12375 -56.2 -61.7 50 5.5 -56.3 315 29 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14178 -60.1 -74.8 13 14.6 -60.3 284 20 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16703 -60.1 -84.3 3 24.3 -60.3 247 14 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.59 m Freezing level: 568.05 mb = 4944.74 m = 16222.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3952.45 m = 12967.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.23 % Est. max temperature: 35.10 C = 95.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.88 mb = 890.62 m = 2921.94 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.54 C/km ThetaE index: 30.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.75 mb = 2997.14 m = 9833.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.64 C = 106.96 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 565.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2646.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 282.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.77 mb = 1536.15 m = 5039.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.77 mb = 4140.29 m = 13583.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.77 mb = 13148.67 m = 43138.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2641.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.8 neg: -78.9 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.61 Bulk Rich Number: 26.14 Bulk Shear: 101.22 m/s