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: 42.79,-94.32 Latitude: 42.79 Longitude: -94.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 970 357 29.9 25.5 78 4.4 26.6 172 12 305.7 309.7 300.7 371.0 21.67 2 950 541 28.5 21.9 67 6.6 23.6 176 21 306.1 309.4 298.5 359.0 17.63 3 900 1020 24.3 19.2 73 5.2 20.6 183 27 306.6 309.5 297.4 353.8 15.70 4 850 1520 23.2 13.1 53 10.1 16.4 207 31 310.5 312.6 295.4 344.8 11.23 5 800 2050 23.3 7.6 37 15.7 13.4 219 25 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.8 8.22 6 750 2609 19.2 5.4 40 13.8 10.8 230 19 317.4 318.9 294.6 341.3 7.54 7 700 3197 14.7 -2.6 30 17.4 5.5 239 11 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.4 4.51 8 650 3817 9.6 -7.6 29 17.2 1.4 289 6 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.7 3.32 9 600 4474 4.0 -11.4 32 15.4 -2.7 309 12 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.6 2.66 10 550 5173 -2.4 -12.2 47 9.8 -6.4 308 20 321.3 321.8 291.8 330.4 2.73 11 500 5920 -9.4 -14.6 66 5.2 -11.3 313 19 321.6 322.1 291.7 329.9 2.48 12 450 6724 -16.0 -18.7 80 2.7 -16.8 306 17 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.8 1.95 13 400 7600 -22.0 -29.6 50 7.6 -23.5 305 17 326.5 326.6 291.6 329.4 0.82 14 350 8569 -28.4 -41.9 26 13.5 -30.0 293 13 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.27 15 300 9658 -35.8 -51.9 18 16.0 -37.0 249 10 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 16 250 10899 -45.3 -54.9 33 9.6 -45.8 250 10 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12349 -56.2 -62.8 43 6.6 -56.3 282 14 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14141 -61.8 -73.0 21 11.2 -61.9 280 18 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16653 -60.8 -84.2 3 23.4 -61.0 306 10 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.33 m Freezing level: 568.69 mb = 4911.83 m = 16114.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.09 mb = 4033.59 m = 13233.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.19 % Est. max temperature: 37.83 C = 100.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.42 mb = 908.25 m = 2979.78 ft T: 25.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 41.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2985.43 m = 9794.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.41 C = 108.34 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 28.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3217.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 311.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.33 mb = 1588.81 m = 5212.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.33 mb = 3838.39 m = 12592.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.33 mb = 13804.53 m = 45289.90 ft B at Equ Level: 3178.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.0 neg: -23.4 tot: 171.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.92 Bulk Rich Number: 49.01 Bulk Shear: 65.65 m/s