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: 42.43,-91.78 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 980 298 28.3 24.5 80 3.8 25.5 173 12 303.2 306.9 299.3 363.3 20.18 2 950 574 25.7 21.3 77 4.4 22.5 176 21 303.3 306.4 297.4 353.8 17.01 3 900 1049 22.2 18.4 79 3.8 19.6 188 27 304.4 307.2 296.4 349.1 15.00 4 850 1547 22.3 12.2 53 10.0 15.7 207 25 309.5 311.5 294.7 341.7 10.59 5 800 2072 19.2 10.3 56 8.9 13.4 220 22 311.6 313.5 294.8 342.1 9.89 6 750 2624 15.8 7.9 60 7.9 10.9 232 20 313.7 315.5 294.7 341.7 8.98 7 700 3207 12.2 3.1 54 9.1 6.9 245 21 316.0 317.3 293.7 337.6 6.86 8 650 3823 7.6 -2.6 48 10.3 2.3 262 22 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.2 4.85 9 600 4476 2.2 -5.9 55 8.1 -1.7 275 22 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.9 4.09 10 550 5172 -3.6 -8.5 69 4.9 -5.8 281 22 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.8 3.67 11 500 5917 -9.6 -15.4 63 5.7 -11.7 280 22 321.3 321.7 291.5 329.1 2.32 12 450 6720 -15.8 -23.2 53 7.4 -17.8 293 18 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.31 13 400 7599 -21.0 -23.3 82 2.3 -21.6 296 13 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.8 1.47 14 350 8573 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 293 11 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.14 15 300 9662 -36.0 -36.0 100 0.0 -36.0 300 9 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10902 -46.0 -46.1 99 0.1 -46.0 358 4 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.7 0.25 17 200 12351 -56.5 -58.5 77 2.1 -56.5 256 7 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.07 18 150 14137 -62.5 -71.3 30 8.8 -62.6 296 11 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16655 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.7 -61.4 228 7 409.4 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.51 m Freezing level: 581.06 mb = 4739.70 m = 15550.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.08 mb = 4194.45 m = 13761.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.88 % Est. max temperature: 35.40 C = 95.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.58 mb = 774.54 m = 2541.12 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 21.50 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2369.36 m = 7773.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.84 C = 100.11 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2670.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.27 mb = 1301.55 m = 4270.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.27 mb = 3580.02 m = 11745.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.27 mb = 13386.86 m = 43919.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2651.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 38.97 Bulk Shear: 68.53 m/s