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,-95.77 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 422 29.3 25.3 79 3.9 26.3 121 8 305.8 309.8 300.7 370.9 21.60 2 950 530 30.2 22.7 64 7.5 24.6 130 15 307.8 311.3 299.5 364.0 18.58 3 900 1014 29.2 16.4 46 12.8 20.2 173 23 311.6 314.0 297.0 351.8 13.11 4 850 1521 26.2 12.5 43 13.7 17.0 195 30 313.6 315.7 296.0 347.1 10.80 5 800 2052 22.0 10.5 48 11.6 14.4 208 32 314.6 316.5 295.7 345.8 10.00 6 750 2609 19.0 5.4 41 13.7 10.7 216 19 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.0 7.50 7 700 3197 14.3 -0.3 37 14.6 6.2 210 10 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.6 5.37 8 650 3817 9.8 -7.8 28 17.5 1.4 314 6 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.8 3.27 9 600 4475 4.3 -11.4 31 15.6 -2.5 307 12 321.0 321.6 291.7 329.9 2.67 10 550 5175 -2.1 -13.2 42 11.1 -6.5 306 18 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.51 11 500 5922 -8.8 -15.4 59 6.6 -11.2 304 20 322.3 322.8 291.7 330.1 2.31 12 450 6729 -14.8 -24.0 45 9.2 -17.2 309 20 324.7 324.9 291.4 329.0 1.22 13 400 7610 -20.4 -33.2 31 12.7 -22.8 298 15 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.6 0.58 14 350 8585 -27.6 -37.7 37 10.2 -29.0 303 18 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.2 0.42 15 300 9674 -35.9 -48.0 28 12.0 -36.9 292 15 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10914 -45.5 -57.1 26 11.6 -46.0 299 24 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12364 -56.3 -63.0 43 6.7 -56.5 283 20 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14155 -62.7 -72.4 26 9.7 -62.8 290 25 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16663 -61.5 -84.0 4 22.5 -61.7 260 10 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.65 m Freezing level: 566.51 mb = 4943.54 m = 16218.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.84 mb = 4050.27 m = 13288.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.93 % Est. max temperature: 37.75 C = 99.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.08 mb = 923.82 m = 3030.88 ft T: 29.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 40.95 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.49 mb = 3191.18 m = 10469.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.67 C = 107.01 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: -7.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 520.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3014.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 272.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.36 mb = 2255.44 m = 7399.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.36 mb = 3991.68 m = 13095.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.36 mb = 13896.42 m = 45591.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2974.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.1 neg: -56.3 tot: 239.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.58 Bulk Rich Number: 34.52 Bulk Shear: 87.31 m/s