MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-94.53 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 970 363 28.0 24.6 82 3.4 25.4 164 13 303.8 307.6 299.6 364.7 20.42 2 950 543 28.0 22.6 72 5.4 24.0 168 24 305.6 309.0 298.9 360.9 18.44 3 900 1023 26.6 17.8 59 8.8 20.4 193 32 308.9 311.6 297.2 352.5 14.38 4 850 1528 25.2 13.4 48 11.8 17.2 222 32 312.5 314.7 296.1 347.8 11.45 5 800 2058 22.3 10.4 47 11.9 14.5 245 32 314.9 316.8 295.7 345.9 9.94 6 750 2617 19.9 4.1 35 15.8 10.4 262 16 318.2 319.5 294.3 340.0 6.86 7 700 3206 14.9 -0.8 34 15.8 6.3 259 7 319.0 320.0 293.2 335.6 5.15 8 650 3827 10.0 -9.0 25 19.0 1.2 266 7 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.2 2.98 9 600 4485 4.1 -11.2 32 15.3 -2.6 287 9 320.8 321.4 291.7 329.8 2.70 10 550 5184 -2.1 -15.2 36 13.1 -7.1 305 10 321.6 322.0 291.4 328.8 2.13 11 500 5932 -8.4 -21.0 36 12.5 -12.3 312 14 322.8 323.1 291.1 327.7 1.44 12 450 6740 -13.8 -30.5 23 16.7 -17.6 318 21 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.67 13 400 7625 -19.2 -39.3 15 20.1 -22.5 308 26 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.32 14 350 8606 -25.8 -47.9 11 22.0 -28.2 309 18 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 15 300 9701 -34.9 -43.6 41 8.7 -35.8 317 28 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.27 16 250 10947 -44.6 -51.9 44 7.3 -45.0 300 19 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.13 17 200 12407 -54.2 -67.2 19 13.0 -54.5 315 23 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14205 -63.5 -76.8 15 13.3 -63.6 323 28 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16690 -64.0 -83.8 5 19.8 -64.2 257 8 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.91 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4945.82 m = 16226.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.11 mb = 4030.29 m = 13222.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.62 % Est. max temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.25 mb = 796.86 m = 2614.32 ft T: 27.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 36.99 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.32 mb = 3117.06 m = 10226.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.96 C = 109.32 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 31.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2674.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 354.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.78 mb = 1769.81 m = 5806.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.78 mb = 4060.55 m = 13321.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.78 mb = 13732.58 m = 45053.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2661.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.0 neg: -10.2 tot: 355.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.12 Bulk Rich Number: 33.22 Bulk Shear: 80.51 m/s