MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.15,-92.48 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 976 282 28.6 24.9 80 3.7 25.9 156 13 303.9 307.7 299.8 365.8 20.74 2 950 524 29.3 22.2 66 7.1 24.0 163 27 306.9 310.3 299.0 361.2 17.99 3 900 1007 27.4 18.2 57 9.2 20.8 189 33 309.8 312.6 297.7 354.7 14.76 4 850 1511 23.7 16.2 63 7.5 18.5 203 32 311.0 313.6 297.3 353.1 13.76 5 800 2038 19.8 13.5 67 6.3 15.5 215 32 312.3 314.6 296.7 350.1 12.28 6 750 2594 18.2 6.7 47 11.5 11.1 236 29 316.3 317.9 294.9 342.3 8.26 7 700 3180 14.0 0.9 41 13.0 6.6 239 21 317.9 319.1 293.5 336.6 5.86 8 650 3801 10.2 -11.6 20 21.9 0.6 191 12 320.6 321.0 291.3 328.6 2.42 9 600 4459 4.3 -14.5 24 18.8 -3.3 188 11 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.1 2.07 10 550 5159 -2.0 -15.2 36 13.2 -7.0 209 7 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.13 11 500 5906 -9.0 -15.3 60 6.3 -11.2 291 8 322.1 322.6 291.7 330.0 2.33 12 450 6713 -14.2 -27.2 33 12.9 -17.4 312 10 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.91 13 400 7596 -20.2 -33.2 30 13.0 -22.7 308 13 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.8 0.58 14 350 8568 -28.7 -36.9 45 8.2 -29.9 303 11 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.46 15 300 9653 -36.8 -45.5 40 8.7 -37.5 251 8 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10889 -46.3 -56.6 30 10.3 -46.7 227 7 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 17 200 12334 -57.0 -61.5 57 4.4 -57.1 201 11 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14119 -61.6 -72.8 21 11.2 -61.7 225 18 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16638 -61.1 -83.6 4 22.5 -61.3 247 13 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.85 m Freezing level: 565.82 mb = 4937.39 m = 16198.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3900.85 m = 12797.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.68 % Est. max temperature: 36.32 C = 97.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.62 mb = 756.26 m = 2481.14 ft T: 28.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 37.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.79 mb = 2779.75 m = 9119.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.53 C = 106.75 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3621.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.32 mb = 1725.08 m = 5659.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.32 mb = 3873.41 m = 12707.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.32 mb = 13942.67 m = 45743.12 ft B at Equ Level: 3582.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.9 neg: -4.4 tot: 292.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.12 Bulk Rich Number: 95.28 Bulk Shear: 38.01 m/s