MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-92.09 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 976 289 28.1 24.6 81 3.5 25.5 158 13 303.3 307.1 299.5 363.9 20.35 2 950 529 28.2 22.3 71 5.8 23.9 165 27 305.8 309.2 298.8 360.3 18.17 3 900 1009 26.7 18.5 61 8.1 20.9 194 31 309.0 311.8 297.7 354.8 15.10 4 850 1513 23.4 16.2 64 7.2 18.4 213 31 310.7 313.3 297.2 352.7 13.76 5 800 2040 19.8 13.3 66 6.4 15.4 221 32 312.2 314.5 296.5 349.5 12.12 6 750 2594 17.3 8.1 55 9.2 11.4 227 28 315.3 317.0 295.2 343.7 9.07 7 700 3179 12.4 5.8 64 6.6 8.4 223 24 316.3 317.9 294.9 342.4 8.30 8 650 3796 7.3 1.6 67 5.7 4.1 222 21 317.2 318.5 293.9 338.2 6.62 9 600 4449 2.4 -7.8 47 10.3 -2.3 213 17 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.4 3.53 10 550 5145 -2.9 -16.9 33 14.0 -7.9 199 15 320.7 321.0 290.9 327.0 1.85 11 500 5891 -9.1 -20.3 40 11.1 -12.6 195 13 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.2 1.53 12 450 6698 -14.0 -27.3 32 13.2 -17.3 192 7 325.6 325.8 291.4 328.8 0.91 13 400 7583 -19.4 -29.0 42 9.6 -21.5 257 7 329.8 330.0 292.5 333.0 0.87 14 350 8562 -26.3 -32.6 55 6.4 -27.4 259 7 333.4 333.5 293.3 336.0 0.70 15 300 9657 -35.0 -41.7 51 6.6 -35.8 225 5 336.0 336.0 293.6 337.2 0.33 16 250 10901 -45.1 -45.7 93 0.7 -45.1 292 17 339.1 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.25 17 200 12356 -55.3 -57.5 76 2.2 -55.4 275 24 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.08 18 150 14149 -63.3 -65.7 72 2.5 -63.3 267 24 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.3 0.04 19 100 16659 -61.5 -83.6 4 22.1 -61.7 236 12 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.11 m Freezing level: 577.20 mb = 4766.53 m = 15638.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.19 mb = 4205.15 m = 13796.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.09 % Est. max temperature: 36.11 C = 96.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.63 mb = 731.04 m = 2398.38 ft T: 27.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 36.97 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2563.13 m = 8409.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.81 C = 103.66 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -8.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 42.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3285.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.15 mb = 1603.58 m = 5261.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.15 mb = 3225.01 m = 10580.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.15 mb = 13898.56 m = 45598.41 ft B at Equ Level: 3273.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 239.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.1 neg: -9.0 tot: 233.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.92 Bulk Rich Number: 94.07 Bulk Shear: 34.93 m/s