MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.59,-91.63 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -91.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 978 313 26.5 23.6 84 2.9 24.3 168 13 301.5 305.0 298.2 357.7 19.04 2 950 571 25.7 21.6 78 4.1 22.7 173 26 303.3 306.5 297.7 354.7 17.35 3 900 1046 23.3 18.2 73 5.2 19.7 197 31 305.6 308.3 296.5 349.7 14.75 4 850 1545 21.8 14.7 64 7.0 17.0 215 26 309.0 311.3 296.0 346.9 12.51 5 800 2071 19.9 10.7 55 9.3 13.9 227 20 312.4 314.3 295.2 343.6 10.13 6 750 2624 16.4 7.9 57 8.6 11.0 243 19 314.4 316.1 294.8 342.2 8.93 7 700 3208 12.8 2.2 49 10.5 6.7 267 21 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.0 6.44 8 650 3825 7.8 1.1 62 6.7 4.1 299 21 317.8 319.1 293.9 338.2 6.39 9 600 4479 2.6 -7.7 47 10.3 -2.1 316 16 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.8 3.57 10 550 5175 -3.4 -12.6 49 9.3 -7.1 326 19 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.8 2.63 11 500 5921 -9.2 -15.7 59 6.5 -11.5 326 20 321.9 322.3 291.6 329.5 2.26 12 450 6726 -15.0 -26.4 37 11.3 -17.9 327 18 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 0.99 13 400 7607 -20.7 -36.2 23 15.6 -23.3 299 15 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.43 14 350 8580 -27.7 -31.5 70 3.8 -28.4 292 9 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.3 0.78 15 300 9669 -35.8 -42.8 49 7.0 -36.5 286 6 334.9 335.0 293.3 336.0 0.29 16 250 10911 -45.4 -50.2 59 4.7 -45.7 74 5 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.16 17 200 12364 -56.1 -60.1 61 4.0 -56.2 302 9 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14152 -62.1 -70.9 30 8.8 -62.2 259 11 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16669 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.7 246 11 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.88 m Freezing level: 578.43 mb = 4779.54 m = 15680.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.29 mb = 4247.12 m = 13933.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.15 % Est. max temperature: 35.32 C = 95.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.12 mb = 681.65 m = 2236.36 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 20.68 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2544.06 m = 8346.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.99 C = 102.17 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2538.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.86 mb = 1353.60 m = 4440.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.86 mb = 3649.48 m = 11973.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.86 mb = 13234.12 m = 43418.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2529.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 265.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.74 Bulk Rich Number: 20.32 Bulk Shear: 124.92 m/s