MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.82,-95.16 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 964 410 28.7 24.9 80 3.8 25.9 139 10 305.0 308.9 300.2 368.0 20.98 2 950 538 29.2 22.8 68 6.5 24.4 145 18 306.8 310.3 299.3 363.1 18.65 3 900 1020 27.9 17.1 52 10.8 20.3 177 27 310.3 312.9 297.1 352.3 13.78 4 850 1525 25.4 13.1 47 12.3 17.1 203 29 312.8 314.9 296.1 347.4 11.24 5 800 2055 21.7 10.7 50 11.0 14.5 220 32 314.3 316.2 295.7 345.8 10.15 6 750 2612 18.7 5.9 43 12.8 10.9 236 19 316.9 318.4 294.7 341.5 7.80 7 700 3200 14.1 0.5 39 13.6 6.5 249 9 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.2 5.67 8 650 3819 9.1 -6.7 32 15.9 1.5 311 9 319.3 320.0 292.0 330.9 3.55 9 600 4475 3.7 -11.1 33 14.8 -2.7 316 13 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.4 2.73 10 550 5174 -2.4 -13.7 41 11.3 -6.8 314 18 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.3 2.41 11 500 5921 -8.8 -16.5 54 7.7 -11.5 316 21 322.3 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.11 12 450 6728 -14.4 -26.0 37 11.6 -17.3 314 18 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.8 1.02 13 400 7610 -20.5 -34.1 29 13.6 -23.0 297 14 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.2 0.53 14 350 8584 -27.5 -39.9 30 12.4 -29.2 302 14 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 15 300 9673 -36.3 -46.4 34 10.1 -37.1 292 14 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.20 16 250 10912 -45.2 -57.4 24 12.2 -45.7 288 23 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12365 -56.5 -62.9 44 6.4 -56.6 267 15 343.3 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14154 -62.6 -72.2 27 9.5 -62.7 288 25 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16664 -61.4 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.6 269 9 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.49 m Freezing level: 569.74 mb = 4898.03 m = 16069.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.63 mb = 4041.20 m = 13258.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.03 % Est. max temperature: 37.42 C = 99.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.03 mb = 891.62 m = 2925.23 ft T: 28.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 38.67 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.52 mb = 3060.75 m = 10041.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.34 C = 106.40 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: -7.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3078.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.66 mb = 2037.10 m = 6683.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.66 mb = 3861.40 m = 12668.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.66 mb = 13883.74 m = 45549.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3041.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.0 neg: -31.9 tot: 301.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.41 Bulk Rich Number: 28.02 Bulk Shear: 109.89 m/s