MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.37,-93.49 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 973 343 29.4 25.3 79 4.1 26.3 168 14 304.9 308.9 300.4 368.8 21.27 2 950 554 27.9 21.5 68 6.4 23.2 174 23 305.5 308.7 298.1 357.2 17.27 3 900 1031 24.2 18.5 71 5.7 20.2 187 29 306.4 309.2 297.0 351.7 15.07 4 850 1531 22.5 13.7 58 8.8 16.6 209 33 309.7 311.9 295.6 345.4 11.70 5 800 2060 22.5 7.6 38 14.9 13.1 217 30 315.2 316.7 294.6 341.0 8.24 6 750 2617 18.1 4.0 39 14.1 9.7 224 28 316.2 317.6 293.7 337.7 6.80 7 700 3202 13.4 3.4 51 9.9 7.5 243 26 317.3 318.7 294.2 339.5 7.01 8 650 3821 8.2 2.6 68 5.6 4.9 264 23 318.2 319.6 294.5 340.9 7.12 9 600 4476 2.8 -5.5 55 8.2 -1.3 275 17 319.3 320.1 292.6 333.1 4.24 10 550 5173 -3.0 -13.0 46 10.0 -7.0 286 15 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.1 2.56 11 500 5919 -9.1 -16.9 53 7.8 -11.8 301 17 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.9 2.04 12 450 6724 -15.7 -20.9 64 5.2 -17.2 318 16 323.5 323.9 291.5 329.1 1.61 13 400 7602 -21.3 -37.0 23 15.8 -23.8 302 15 327.4 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.40 14 350 8573 -28.1 -42.2 25 14.1 -29.8 286 14 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 15 300 9661 -35.9 -44.0 43 8.1 -36.7 244 9 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.7 0.26 16 250 10902 -45.7 -45.8 98 0.1 -45.7 212 10 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12352 -56.2 -60.3 59 4.2 -56.3 266 10 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.06 18 150 14145 -62.1 -72.9 22 10.8 -62.2 294 14 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16656 -60.8 -84.0 3 23.2 -61.1 293 7 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.20 m Freezing level: 575.89 mb = 4811.94 m = 15787.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.22 mb = 4337.69 m = 14231.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.21 % Est. max temperature: 37.02 C = 98.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.22 mb = 863.87 m = 2834.18 ft T: 25.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 31.05 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.93 mb = 2823.60 m = 9263.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.00 C = 105.80 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3020.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 258.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.68 mb = 1565.10 m = 5134.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.68 mb = 3672.36 m = 12048.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.68 mb = 13677.75 m = 44873.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2986.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 271.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.47 Bulk Rich Number: 42.19 Bulk Shear: 71.60 m/s