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: 42.28,-92.91 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 974 312 29.0 25.1 79 4.0 26.0 185 10 304.5 308.3 300.1 367.3 20.98 2 950 533 28.0 21.8 69 6.2 23.4 189 18 305.6 308.8 298.3 358.1 17.52 3 900 1011 23.8 19.6 77 4.2 20.8 194 24 306.1 309.1 297.6 354.5 16.14 4 850 1510 22.2 15.1 64 7.1 17.3 226 28 309.4 311.8 296.3 348.3 12.79 5 800 2035 19.5 12.2 63 7.3 14.6 242 33 311.9 314.0 295.8 346.5 11.24 6 750 2589 16.2 9.2 63 7.0 11.7 247 36 314.2 316.0 295.4 344.6 9.79 7 700 3172 12.2 6.1 66 6.1 8.5 252 38 316.0 317.7 295.0 342.6 8.47 8 650 3789 7.3 3.4 76 3.9 5.1 256 39 317.3 318.7 294.6 341.1 7.54 9 600 4443 1.9 1.0 94 0.9 1.4 255 40 318.4 319.7 294.4 340.3 6.89 10 550 5139 -3.7 -5.1 90 1.4 -4.4 257 41 319.7 320.6 293.1 335.0 4.75 11 500 5886 -6.8 -27.9 17 21.1 -12.5 263 39 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.77 12 450 6702 -11.3 -38.8 8 27.5 -16.6 273 33 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.30 13 400 7593 -17.6 -46.3 6 28.6 -21.7 276 29 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.15 14 350 8580 -24.0 -51.9 6 27.9 -26.9 263 32 336.4 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.09 15 300 9685 -32.6 -42.6 36 10.0 -33.7 259 40 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.6 0.30 16 250 10944 -42.1 -48.6 49 6.5 -42.6 245 35 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12414 -53.4 -54.3 90 0.9 -53.4 214 43 348.2 348.2 296.4 348.7 0.12 18 150 14216 -61.4 -74.9 15 13.5 -61.6 244 19 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16693 -64.9 -84.1 5 19.2 -65.1 275 18 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.34 m Freezing level: 582.83 mb = 4681.56 m = 15359.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.83 mb = 4606.42 m = 15112.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.99 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.30 mb = 813.37 m = 2668.52 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 39.81 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2277.44 m = 7471.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.39 C = 99.31 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2345.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.61 mb = 1432.04 m = 4698.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.61 mb = 3140.72 m = 10304.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.61 mb = 13710.12 m = 44980.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2312.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.89 Bulk Rich Number: 20.27 Bulk Shear: 115.68 m/s