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: 42.82,-94.92 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 962 395 27.6 24.7 84 2.9 25.4 138 7 304.0 307.9 299.8 366.0 20.74 2 950 510 28.8 21.6 65 7.3 23.5 146 15 306.4 309.7 298.4 358.5 17.31 3 900 991 27.0 17.0 54 10.0 20.0 183 19 309.4 311.9 296.8 351.0 13.70 4 850 1494 23.4 15.4 61 7.9 17.9 204 22 310.6 313.1 296.8 350.6 13.08 5 800 2021 19.2 14.1 72 5.1 15.7 218 25 311.6 314.0 296.8 350.6 12.72 6 750 2573 15.0 12.6 86 2.4 13.4 232 29 312.9 315.2 296.8 350.9 12.34 7 700 3155 11.3 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 237 42 315.0 317.1 296.3 348.7 10.83 8 650 3772 7.4 4.6 82 2.8 5.8 253 37 317.4 319.0 295.1 343.4 8.22 9 600 4427 3.4 -1.4 71 4.8 0.8 259 42 320.1 321.2 294.0 338.7 5.78 10 550 5127 -2.1 -5.1 80 3.0 -3.6 262 46 321.6 322.5 293.6 337.1 4.77 11 500 5876 -8.1 -11.8 75 3.7 -9.6 270 50 323.1 323.8 292.7 333.5 3.10 12 450 6687 -12.4 -19.1 58 6.7 -14.6 277 43 327.6 328.0 292.8 334.1 1.88 13 400 7581 -16.3 -21.4 64 5.2 -17.9 275 31 333.9 334.2 294.3 340.0 1.73 14 350 8572 -23.6 -28.0 67 4.4 -24.6 262 26 336.9 337.1 294.6 340.9 1.09 15 300 9677 -32.7 -36.9 66 4.2 -33.3 270 27 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.4 0.54 16 250 10933 -43.1 -46.3 70 3.2 -43.3 272 28 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.24 17 200 12395 -55.5 -58.0 74 2.4 -55.6 266 25 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14173 -65.8 -69.1 64 3.3 -65.8 260 13 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16656 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 240 12 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.52 m Freezing level: 568.99 mb = 4861.12 m = 15948.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.44 mb = 4556.26 m = 14948.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.81 C = 94.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.62 mb = 760.65 m = 2495.55 ft T: 27.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.84 mb = 2450.42 m = 8039.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.04 C = 96.88 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 45.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2076.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.59 mb = 1938.88 m = 6361.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.59 mb = 3004.91 m = 9858.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.59 mb = 14067.28 m = 46151.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2047.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 384.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.63 Bulk Rich Number: 10.76 Bulk Shear: 192.94 m/s