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: 42.55,-91.15 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -91.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 313 26.7 23.9 85 2.8 24.6 173 13 302.2 305.8 298.7 360.0 19.51 2 950 529 26.2 22.5 80 3.7 23.5 176 26 303.8 307.2 298.4 358.3 18.32 3 900 1006 24.1 19.6 76 4.6 20.8 199 36 306.4 309.4 297.7 354.8 16.11 4 850 1506 21.4 16.3 73 5.1 17.8 220 39 308.6 311.2 296.7 350.5 13.84 5 800 2030 19.2 12.3 64 6.9 14.6 237 38 311.6 313.8 295.8 346.4 11.32 6 750 2582 15.2 11.0 76 4.2 12.4 248 37 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.2 11.07 7 700 3164 11.2 7.9 80 3.3 9.2 253 39 314.9 316.7 295.5 344.9 9.62 8 650 3780 6.8 3.5 80 3.3 4.9 259 39 316.7 318.2 294.5 340.7 7.62 9 600 4432 2.0 -1.1 80 3.1 0.3 260 40 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.3 5.90 10 550 5128 -3.5 -10.1 60 6.6 -6.3 265 43 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.6 3.23 11 500 5876 -6.7 -22.4 27 15.7 -11.6 268 38 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.26 12 450 6692 -11.2 -29.0 21 17.8 -15.7 264 31 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.9 0.77 13 400 7585 -17.0 -34.7 20 17.7 -20.5 264 30 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.50 14 350 8575 -23.3 -37.0 27 13.7 -25.6 264 36 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.2 0.46 15 300 9687 -30.9 -41.2 35 10.4 -32.1 254 37 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 16 250 10950 -41.8 -49.8 41 8.0 -42.3 245 39 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.16 17 200 12426 -52.8 -55.1 76 2.3 -52.8 229 52 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.7 0.11 18 150 14234 -62.0 -73.5 20 11.5 -62.1 248 14 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16705 -64.5 -84.1 5 19.6 -64.7 310 12 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.55 m Freezing level: 581.88 mb = 4684.39 m = 15368.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.63 mb = 4464.05 m = 14645.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.66 C = 94.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.82 mb = 671.04 m = 2201.56 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.14 mb = 2136.26 m = 7008.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.39 C = 97.50 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 41.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2100.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.51 mb = 1307.08 m = 4288.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.51 mb = 2758.42 m = 9049.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.51 mb = 13653.86 m = 44795.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2072.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 484.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 484.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.6 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: 5.95 Bulk Rich Number: 12.25 Bulk Shear: 171.50 m/s