MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-93.27 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 974 308 29.9 25.3 76 4.6 26.4 185 9 305.3 309.3 300.5 369.4 21.31 2 950 531 28.6 21.5 66 7.1 23.4 189 17 306.2 309.4 298.3 358.0 17.24 3 900 1010 24.5 19.3 73 5.2 20.8 195 23 306.7 309.7 297.5 354.4 15.86 4 850 1510 22.9 14.8 60 8.1 17.4 229 29 310.1 312.5 296.3 348.4 12.57 5 800 2037 20.0 12.4 61 7.6 14.9 248 36 312.5 314.7 296.1 347.6 11.39 6 750 2591 16.5 9.3 62 7.2 11.9 249 39 314.5 316.4 295.6 345.3 9.89 7 700 3176 12.8 5.6 61 7.3 8.4 257 38 316.7 318.3 294.9 342.4 8.16 8 650 3793 7.6 3.2 74 4.4 5.1 259 37 317.6 319.1 294.6 341.2 7.45 9 600 4447 2.1 0.1 86 2.0 1.0 258 35 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.1 6.43 10 550 5144 -3.5 -6.5 80 3.0 -4.9 259 37 319.9 320.8 292.7 333.9 4.28 11 500 5891 -7.1 -28.5 16 21.4 -12.7 263 35 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.0 0.73 12 450 6706 -11.6 -37.6 10 26.0 -16.7 274 32 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.33 13 400 7597 -17.7 -47.5 6 29.8 -21.8 278 29 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 14 350 8584 -24.1 -51.8 6 27.7 -27.0 265 33 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.09 15 300 9688 -32.6 -37.7 61 5.1 -33.3 261 42 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.4 0.50 16 250 10946 -42.2 -50.0 42 7.8 -42.8 243 34 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.16 17 200 12415 -53.5 -56.2 72 2.7 -53.5 216 43 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.10 18 150 14216 -61.5 -74.1 17 12.6 -61.6 237 21 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16693 -65.0 -84.0 6 19.0 -65.1 271 17 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.91 m Freezing level: 581.06 mb = 4711.12 m = 15456.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.42 mb = 4562.75 m = 14969.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.72 % Est. max temperature: 35.85 C = 96.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.15 mb = 891.11 m = 2923.57 ft T: 25.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 42.40 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.65 mb = 2425.01 m = 7955.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.44 C = 101.19 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2387.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.25 mb = 1538.34 m = 5047.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.25 mb = 3389.81 m = 11121.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.25 mb = 13723.97 m = 45025.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2356.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.25 Bulk Rich Number: 21.31 Bulk Shear: 112.06 m/s