MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.25,-92.91 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 982 309 24.2 21.5 85 2.7 22.3 149 14 298.9 301.9 296.1 347.5 16.66 2 950 601 21.6 18.9 85 2.7 19.7 152 26 299.1 301.7 294.7 341.7 14.62 3 900 1071 21.5 14.4 64 7.2 16.8 170 25 303.7 305.8 293.8 337.9 11.50 4 850 1566 20.4 7.7 44 12.6 12.7 183 19 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.3 7.80 5 800 2087 18.9 2.3 33 16.6 9.5 215 12 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.66 6 750 2638 15.5 1.9 40 13.5 7.8 276 13 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.8 5.88 7 700 3218 10.9 -0.4 46 11.3 4.8 289 17 314.6 315.6 292.1 331.4 5.33 8 650 3831 6.3 -3.7 49 10.0 1.3 288 21 316.1 317.0 291.8 330.4 4.47 9 600 4482 1.1 -5.4 62 6.5 -2.0 293 23 317.4 318.2 292.0 331.1 4.26 10 550 5174 -4.6 -6.2 89 1.5 -5.4 316 25 318.6 319.4 292.4 332.8 4.39 11 500 5918 -9.9 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.2 319 37 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.1 3.37 12 450 6724 -14.4 -15.0 95 0.7 -14.6 327 31 325.1 325.7 292.8 334.1 2.64 13 400 7607 -19.9 -20.3 97 0.4 -20.0 314 24 329.1 329.5 293.2 335.7 1.90 14 350 8585 -26.7 -27.2 95 0.5 -26.8 305 26 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.0 1.17 15 300 9678 -35.3 -36.0 93 0.7 -35.4 305 27 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.59 16 250 10919 -46.4 -46.4 100 0.0 -46.4 292 20 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.0 0.24 17 200 12360 -57.0 -61.9 54 4.9 -57.1 268 22 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14162 -59.1 -75.2 11 16.0 -59.3 294 19 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16686 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 208 8 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.99 m Freezing level: 590.41 mb = 4614.62 m = 15139.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.95 mb = 4073.03 m = 13362.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.45 mb = 652.21 m = 2139.76 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2893.82 m = 9494.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.16 C = 102.48 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 26.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 619.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 397.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.64 mb = 1368.04 m = 4488.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.64 mb = 4419.16 m = 14498.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.64 mb = 11903.29 m = 39052.33 ft B at Equ Level: 614.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.64 mb = 13971.22 m = 45836.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.8 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 311.8 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 2.88 Bulk Shear: 215.18 m/s