MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.71,-95.64 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 959 416 29.6 25.5 79 4.1 26.5 47 2 306.3 310.4 301.0 372.5 21.89 2 950 504 30.6 21.7 59 9.0 24.0 106 2 308.3 311.5 298.9 361.1 17.43 3 900 987 27.8 17.9 55 9.9 20.8 187 10 310.2 312.9 297.5 354.3 14.48 4 850 1491 23.9 16.2 62 7.7 18.5 206 13 311.2 313.8 297.4 353.5 13.79 5 800 2019 19.8 14.6 72 5.2 16.3 217 17 312.3 314.8 297.3 352.9 13.21 6 750 2573 16.0 12.2 78 3.8 13.5 226 29 314.0 316.3 296.9 351.2 12.02 7 700 3156 11.7 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 235 38 315.4 317.5 296.4 348.9 10.74 8 650 3773 7.8 2.0 67 5.8 4.5 249 35 317.8 319.1 294.2 339.5 6.82 9 600 4428 3.4 -2.6 65 6.0 0.3 254 39 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.0 5.27 10 550 5128 -2.1 -5.4 78 3.3 -3.7 257 46 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.8 4.66 11 500 5877 -8.3 -11.3 79 3.0 -9.5 265 52 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.7 3.23 12 450 6687 -13.0 -21.2 50 8.2 -15.5 273 45 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.4 1.56 13 400 7579 -16.5 -22.6 59 6.1 -18.3 274 37 333.5 333.8 294.1 339.1 1.56 14 350 8570 -23.2 -31.6 46 8.5 -24.9 272 30 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.4 0.77 15 300 9678 -32.3 -41.4 40 9.1 -33.4 272 29 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.2 0.34 16 250 10935 -42.8 -51.9 36 9.1 -43.4 271 27 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.13 17 200 12397 -55.7 -60.3 56 4.6 -55.8 262 26 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14171 -66.2 -69.9 60 3.7 -66.2 250 15 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16655 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.2 245 15 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.03 m Freezing level: 569.17 mb = 4859.92 m = 15944.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.76 mb = 4471.97 m = 14671.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.10 % Est. max temperature: 35.25 C = 95.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.96 mb = 937.75 m = 3076.59 ft T: 28.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 40.14 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.76 mb = 2552.93 m = 8375.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.08 C = 98.74 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 46.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2620.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.14 mb = 2038.99 m = 6689.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.14 mb = 2999.21 m = 9839.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.14 mb = 14458.15 m = 47434.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2561.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 292.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.14 Bulk Rich Number: 18.91 Bulk Shear: 138.54 m/s