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: 42.35,-95.87 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 970 384 27.4 23.5 79 3.9 24.5 135 12 303.1 306.6 298.7 359.7 19.06 2 950 572 26.6 21.6 74 4.9 23.0 141 21 304.1 307.4 297.9 355.9 17.37 3 900 1049 25.4 18.5 66 6.9 20.5 181 24 307.7 310.5 297.3 353.2 15.08 4 850 1552 23.3 15.2 60 8.2 17.7 209 28 310.6 313.0 296.6 349.9 12.88 5 800 2078 19.3 12.8 66 6.4 15.0 213 29 311.7 313.9 296.1 347.7 11.72 6 750 2634 19.3 -0.7 26 20.0 8.2 215 15 317.5 318.5 292.5 333.0 4.83 7 700 3221 14.9 -5.9 23 20.8 4.5 220 10 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.5 3.51 8 650 3842 9.7 -10.6 23 20.3 0.5 247 8 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.6 2.61 9 600 4499 4.1 -13.6 26 17.7 -3.2 279 12 320.8 321.3 291.2 328.3 2.22 10 550 5198 -2.2 -16.5 32 14.3 -7.4 285 18 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.92 11 500 5945 -9.0 -17.7 49 8.7 -11.9 289 24 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.5 1.90 12 450 6749 -15.9 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.6 289 29 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.3 1.47 13 400 7628 -20.9 -30.5 42 9.6 -22.9 313 33 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.5 0.75 14 350 8601 -27.8 -37.6 39 9.8 -29.2 321 24 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.43 15 300 9690 -36.1 -48.0 29 11.8 -37.1 314 28 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.17 16 250 10928 -45.8 -56.2 30 10.4 -46.2 317 32 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12378 -56.5 -61.9 51 5.4 -56.6 321 33 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14179 -60.2 -74.8 13 14.6 -60.4 294 21 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16702 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 251 14 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.90 m Freezing level: 567.33 mb = 4955.33 m = 16257.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.71 mb = 3934.32 m = 12907.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.65 % Est. max temperature: 35.43 C = 95.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.34 mb = 880.64 m = 2889.19 ft T: 25.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 31.67 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.38 mb = 3107.99 m = 10196.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.84 C = 109.12 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 26.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2866.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 299.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.88 mb = 1624.59 m = 5329.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.88 mb = 4125.84 m = 13536.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.88 mb = 13473.95 m = 44205.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2836.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.0 neg: -51.3 tot: 204.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 31.46 Bulk Shear: 91.09 m/s