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: 42.35,-92.99 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 973 321 28.7 25.0 81 3.6 25.9 186 9 304.2 308.1 300.0 366.9 20.98 2 950 532 27.7 21.9 70 5.9 23.5 190 17 305.3 308.6 298.4 358.2 17.66 3 900 1009 23.6 19.7 79 3.9 20.8 194 24 305.9 308.9 297.7 354.7 16.30 4 850 1508 22.3 14.8 62 7.6 17.1 229 27 309.5 311.9 296.1 347.6 12.52 5 800 2034 19.3 12.5 65 6.8 14.7 245 33 311.7 313.9 296.0 346.9 11.46 6 750 2587 16.1 9.2 64 6.9 11.7 249 37 314.1 315.9 295.4 344.5 9.81 7 700 3170 12.2 5.9 65 6.4 8.3 253 39 316.0 317.7 294.8 342.3 8.35 8 650 3787 7.5 2.9 72 4.6 4.8 256 39 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.4 7.26 9 600 4441 2.0 0.9 92 1.1 1.4 254 40 318.5 319.8 294.4 340.2 6.81 10 550 5137 -3.8 -5.8 86 2.0 -4.8 257 42 319.6 320.4 292.9 334.2 4.51 11 500 5885 -6.8 -30.2 14 23.4 -12.7 263 40 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.0 0.62 12 450 6700 -11.3 -39.1 8 27.8 -16.6 273 34 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 13 400 7592 -17.6 -46.3 6 28.7 -21.7 276 30 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.15 14 350 8579 -24.0 -53.0 5 29.0 -26.9 261 32 336.4 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 15 300 9684 -32.7 -44.0 31 11.3 -33.9 258 40 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.3 0.26 16 250 10942 -42.2 -49.2 46 7.0 -42.6 249 38 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.17 17 200 12412 -53.4 -54.4 89 1.0 -53.4 214 44 348.3 348.3 296.4 348.8 0.12 18 150 14215 -61.2 -75.0 15 13.8 -61.3 243 18 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16693 -64.8 -84.1 5 19.2 -65.0 275 18 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.31 m Freezing level: 582.68 mb = 4682.15 m = 15361.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.89 mb = 4590.61 m = 15060.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.83 % Est. max temperature: 35.10 C = 95.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.88 mb = 777.80 m = 2551.81 ft T: 25.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 39.93 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.23 mb = 2226.51 m = 7304.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.92 C = 98.46 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2331.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.21 mb = 1404.20 m = 4606.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.21 mb = 3227.60 m = 10589.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.21 mb = 13609.62 m = 44650.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2303.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 294.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.83 Bulk Rich Number: 19.53 Bulk Shear: 119.36 m/s