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: 42.48,-92.72 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 975 306 28.7 25.2 81 3.6 26.0 184 10 304.1 308.0 300.1 367.2 21.10 2 950 534 27.3 22.1 73 5.2 23.5 188 19 304.9 308.2 298.4 358.5 17.92 3 900 1011 23.1 20.1 83 3.0 20.9 193 25 305.3 308.4 297.7 355.2 16.67 4 850 1509 20.9 16.0 74 4.8 17.5 218 30 308.0 310.6 296.4 349.2 13.62 5 800 2033 19.0 11.9 64 7.1 14.3 233 32 311.4 313.5 295.6 345.3 11.04 6 750 2585 16.0 9.2 64 6.8 11.6 241 37 314.0 315.8 295.3 344.3 9.77 7 700 3168 12.1 6.2 68 5.8 8.5 249 41 315.8 317.5 295.0 342.7 8.55 8 650 3785 7.3 3.4 76 3.9 5.0 254 42 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.1 7.55 9 600 4438 2.0 0.5 90 1.4 1.2 254 43 318.4 319.7 294.2 339.6 6.64 10 550 5135 -3.7 -5.6 87 1.8 -4.6 258 44 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.6 4.59 11 500 5882 -6.6 -32.1 11 25.5 -12.8 263 40 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.52 12 450 6698 -11.2 -39.3 8 28.1 -16.6 271 34 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 13 400 7590 -17.7 -45.5 7 27.8 -21.7 274 30 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 14 350 8576 -24.0 -53.2 5 29.1 -27.0 260 34 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 15 300 9681 -32.5 -46.7 23 14.2 -33.8 257 41 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.19 16 250 10941 -42.0 -47.5 55 5.5 -42.5 240 37 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.21 17 200 12411 -53.5 -54.8 86 1.3 -53.6 213 45 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.11 18 150 14216 -61.3 -75.5 14 14.1 -61.5 251 17 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16693 -64.7 -84.1 5 19.4 -64.8 276 18 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.05 m Freezing level: 582.77 mb = 4678.33 m = 15348.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.93 mb = 4573.85 m = 15005.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.76 % Est. max temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.42 mb = 755.45 m = 2478.48 ft T: 25.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 40.31 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 2047.18 m = 6716.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.05 C = 96.89 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2445.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.74 mb = 1278.61 m = 4194.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.74 mb = 3075.41 m = 10089.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.74 mb = 13514.54 m = 44338.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2437.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 327.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 19.72 Bulk Shear: 124.03 m/s