MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-95.79 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 961 406 28.3 24.0 77 4.3 25.1 337 7 304.9 308.6 299.6 364.6 19.93 2 950 509 28.5 21.5 66 7.0 23.3 337 11 306.1 309.3 298.2 357.8 17.21 3 900 988 25.3 17.8 63 7.5 20.0 320 11 307.6 310.3 296.8 351.1 14.40 4 850 1490 23.9 14.5 56 9.4 17.4 234 12 311.1 313.5 296.4 348.8 12.30 5 800 2019 21.4 11.2 52 10.3 14.6 215 27 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.5 10.47 6 750 2575 17.3 8.7 57 8.6 11.8 216 36 315.4 317.2 295.5 345.0 9.49 7 700 3160 12.6 6.8 67 5.9 9.0 218 41 316.5 318.2 295.4 344.4 8.88 8 650 3778 8.9 1.3 59 7.6 4.6 231 35 319.0 320.3 294.3 339.8 6.49 9 600 4435 3.6 -2.2 66 5.8 0.6 241 27 320.3 321.4 293.8 337.9 5.44 10 550 5135 -2.0 -7.9 64 5.9 -4.7 244 24 321.7 322.5 292.9 334.3 3.84 11 500 5884 -8.0 -14.1 61 6.1 -10.4 251 29 323.3 323.8 292.2 331.9 2.56 12 450 6696 -12.0 -32.4 17 20.4 -16.6 259 26 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.56 13 400 7586 -18.5 -33.2 26 14.8 -21.4 260 22 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.2 0.58 14 350 8566 -26.6 -34.4 48 7.8 -27.9 274 21 332.9 333.1 293.1 335.2 0.59 15 300 9659 -35.3 -45.8 34 10.4 -36.3 269 17 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 16 250 10899 -46.2 -54.1 40 7.9 -46.5 279 17 337.4 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.10 17 200 12341 -58.3 -62.1 62 3.8 -58.3 266 20 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 14117 -59.6 -74.2 13 14.6 -59.8 254 24 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16645 -62.6 -83.8 4 21.2 -62.8 216 15 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.81 m Freezing level: 567.79 mb = 4885.92 m = 16029.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.57 mb = 4508.42 m = 14791.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.35 % Est. max temperature: 36.64 C = 97.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.95 mb = 958.78 m = 3145.57 ft T: 25.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 34.42 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2821.14 m = 9255.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.13 C = 102.44 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 40.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2485.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.21 mb = 1832.97 m = 6013.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.21 mb = 3877.22 m = 12720.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.21 mb = 13264.59 m = 43518.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2475.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 6.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.0 neg: -23.8 tot: 124.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 21.46 Bulk Shear: 115.79 m/s