MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-91.07 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -91.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 278 27.3 24.1 82 3.3 24.9 166 13 302.4 306.0 298.8 360.6 19.64 2 950 532 26.5 22.5 79 4.0 23.5 172 25 304.1 307.5 298.4 358.7 18.32 3 900 1010 24.7 19.2 71 5.5 20.8 200 35 307.0 309.9 297.6 354.4 15.76 4 850 1510 21.8 16.2 70 5.6 17.9 219 37 309.0 311.6 296.8 350.8 13.77 5 800 2036 19.8 11.4 58 8.4 14.3 235 36 312.3 314.3 295.6 345.2 10.68 6 750 2589 16.0 9.5 66 6.4 11.8 248 34 313.9 315.8 295.5 345.0 10.01 7 700 3172 11.4 7.7 78 3.6 9.1 255 35 315.1 316.9 295.4 344.7 9.50 8 650 3787 7.0 4.3 83 2.7 5.4 264 35 316.9 318.4 294.8 342.3 8.05 9 600 4441 1.7 -0.4 86 2.1 0.5 266 36 318.1 319.3 293.8 337.9 6.21 10 550 5136 -3.6 -9.0 66 5.5 -6.0 268 39 319.9 320.6 292.1 331.4 3.52 11 500 5885 -6.2 -29.2 14 23.0 -12.3 269 33 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.68 12 450 6700 -11.5 -35.6 12 24.1 -16.6 268 28 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.41 13 400 7592 -17.1 -44.4 7 27.3 -21.2 265 29 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.18 14 350 8582 -23.1 -39.9 20 16.8 -25.7 266 35 337.7 337.7 294.1 339.0 0.34 15 300 9694 -30.9 -45.5 23 14.6 -32.5 255 37 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.7 0.22 16 250 10958 -41.8 -51.3 35 9.5 -42.4 247 38 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.14 17 200 12433 -52.9 -54.5 83 1.6 -52.9 230 48 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.12 18 150 14238 -62.2 -74.7 17 12.4 -62.3 247 17 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16708 -64.7 -84.1 5 19.4 -64.8 315 12 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.95 m Freezing level: 583.97 mb = 4663.26 m = 15299.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.79 mb = 4496.69 m = 14752.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.30 % Est. max temperature: 35.32 C = 95.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.11 mb = 690.92 m = 2266.76 ft T: 25.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 32.73 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.10 mb = 2262.67 m = 7423.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.80 C = 100.05 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 40.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2167.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.01 mb = 1336.94 m = 4386.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.01 mb = 2910.37 m = 9548.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.01 mb = 13754.66 m = 45126.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2139.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 470.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.93 Bulk Rich Number: 13.14 Bulk Shear: 164.94 m/s