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: 42.96,-92.96 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 975 329 27.6 25.2 87 2.4 25.8 162 10 303.0 306.9 299.8 365.9 21.12 2 950 556 27.3 23.1 78 4.1 24.2 170 21 304.9 308.4 299.1 362.0 19.10 3 900 1034 25.2 18.4 66 6.7 20.4 192 33 307.4 310.3 297.2 352.7 15.01 4 850 1535 22.1 15.4 66 6.7 17.5 209 33 309.3 311.7 296.4 349.0 13.06 5 800 2061 20.3 10.9 55 9.4 14.1 226 31 312.8 314.7 295.4 344.5 10.27 6 750 2616 18.1 5.0 42 13.1 10.2 242 28 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.2 7.30 7 700 3203 13.7 4.3 53 9.4 8.0 266 22 317.6 319.1 294.6 341.2 7.44 8 650 3822 8.9 -4.7 38 13.6 2.1 285 11 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.6 4.16 9 600 4478 3.3 -7.9 44 11.2 -1.9 309 14 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.5 3.52 10 550 5175 -2.9 -11.2 53 8.3 -6.3 326 17 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.96 11 500 5922 -9.2 -16.1 57 6.9 -11.6 327 20 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.18 12 450 6727 -14.9 -20.0 65 5.0 -16.4 309 17 324.5 324.8 291.8 330.5 1.74 13 400 7608 -21.5 -29.3 49 7.8 -23.1 306 18 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.1 0.84 14 350 8578 -27.9 -41.9 25 14.0 -29.6 297 15 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.27 15 300 9668 -35.5 -50.8 19 15.3 -36.7 267 13 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.12 16 250 10910 -45.1 -45.7 95 0.5 -45.2 228 15 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.26 17 200 12362 -56.3 -58.4 77 2.1 -56.3 265 20 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 18 150 14149 -62.6 -70.8 32 8.2 -62.7 280 15 362.2 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.02 19 100 16666 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 266 11 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.34 m Freezing level: 573.12 mb = 4852.81 m = 15921.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.63 mb = 4161.28 m = 13652.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.79 % Est. max temperature: 35.59 C = 96.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.39 mb = 636.27 m = 2087.48 ft T: 26.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 26.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.68 mb = 2699.74 m = 8857.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.94 C = 105.69 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3386.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.51 mb = 1457.90 m = 4783.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.51 mb = 3662.60 m = 12016.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.51 mb = 14045.90 m = 46081.80 ft B at Equ Level: 3339.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 371.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 370.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.20 Bulk Rich Number: 35.86 Bulk Shear: 94.42 m/s