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: 42.89,-94.71 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -94.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 968 380 28.2 25.0 83 3.1 25.8 147 11 304.1 308.0 300.1 367.1 21.07 2 950 544 28.1 23.0 74 5.1 24.3 153 20 305.7 309.2 299.2 362.5 18.94 3 900 1024 26.3 18.4 62 7.9 20.6 182 27 308.6 311.4 297.5 353.9 14.94 4 850 1527 24.4 14.0 52 10.5 17.3 211 28 311.7 314.0 296.3 348.2 11.88 5 800 2056 21.4 10.7 50 10.7 14.4 232 33 314.0 315.9 295.6 345.5 10.16 6 750 2614 18.8 5.5 42 13.3 10.7 255 17 317.0 318.5 294.6 340.9 7.56 7 700 3201 13.9 0.2 39 13.7 6.3 266 8 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.7 5.56 8 650 3820 8.9 -6.3 34 15.2 1.5 314 11 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.0 3.67 9 600 4475 3.2 -10.7 35 13.8 -2.9 318 13 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.83 10 550 5172 -2.7 -14.2 41 11.5 -7.1 320 14 320.9 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.32 11 500 5919 -8.7 -18.3 46 9.6 -11.9 319 20 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.81 12 450 6727 -14.2 -26.8 33 12.6 -17.4 318 17 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.94 13 400 7609 -20.6 -33.9 29 13.4 -23.0 294 14 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.54 14 350 8583 -27.6 -41.3 26 13.7 -29.3 296 13 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.29 15 300 9672 -36.2 -47.2 31 11.0 -37.1 284 14 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 16 250 10912 -45.2 -57.3 24 12.1 -45.7 284 19 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12363 -56.6 -62.5 47 5.9 -56.7 269 16 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14152 -62.2 -72.6 24 10.4 -62.3 285 24 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16664 -61.3 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.6 265 9 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.68 m Freezing level: 572.88 mb = 4853.16 m = 15922.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.88 mb = 4038.15 m = 13248.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.59 % Est. max temperature: 37.11 C = 98.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.42 mb = 776.61 m = 2547.90 ft T: 27.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 38.50 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.68 mb = 2894.05 m = 9494.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.34 C = 106.41 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: -8.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 33.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3319.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.16 mb = 1712.41 m = 5618.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.16 mb = 3601.99 m = 11817.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.16 mb = 13862.45 m = 45479.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3291.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.2 neg: -22.4 tot: 327.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.26 Bulk Rich Number: 29.30 Bulk Shear: 113.28 m/s