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: 42.73,-94.5 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -94.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 965 362 29.5 26.2 83 3.3 27.0 155 8 305.8 310.0 301.4 374.5 22.78 2 950 497 30.2 23.5 67 6.7 25.2 161 16 307.8 311.5 300.1 367.1 19.56 3 900 981 29.0 18.6 54 10.4 21.5 189 27 311.4 314.2 298.2 357.8 15.14 4 850 1488 25.7 15.8 54 9.9 18.8 207 25 313.1 315.6 297.5 354.4 13.40 5 800 2019 21.8 12.9 57 8.9 15.8 216 29 314.4 316.7 296.8 351.1 11.81 6 750 2576 17.9 10.4 62 7.5 13.0 226 31 316.0 318.0 296.5 349.3 10.65 7 700 3164 15.7 2.4 41 13.3 7.9 239 29 319.9 321.2 294.5 340.8 6.53 8 650 3789 11.1 -2.1 40 13.2 3.9 236 19 321.5 322.5 293.8 337.9 5.04 9 600 4449 5.0 -3.8 53 8.8 0.4 239 17 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.6 4.80 10 550 5151 -1.6 -5.6 74 4.0 -3.6 246 17 322.1 323.0 293.6 337.1 4.58 11 500 5901 -8.6 -9.5 93 0.9 -8.9 244 16 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.9 3.73 12 450 6708 -14.9 -17.0 84 2.1 -15.6 239 20 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.1 2.24 13 400 7588 -21.1 -31.6 38 10.6 -23.1 260 23 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.1 0.68 14 350 8561 -27.5 -36.8 41 9.3 -28.9 261 17 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.47 15 300 9649 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 254 14 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.41 16 250 10886 -46.6 -48.1 84 1.5 -46.7 282 15 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.20 17 200 12327 -58.1 -60.3 76 2.2 -58.1 296 22 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.06 18 150 14105 -63.0 -69.6 40 6.6 -63.1 227 20 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.02 19 100 16633 -61.5 -83.5 4 21.9 -61.7 219 14 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.44 m Freezing level: 562.35 mb = 4977.75 m = 16331.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.60 mb = 4522.12 m = 14836.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.45 % Est. max temperature: 37.65 C = 99.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.88 mb = 775.47 m = 2544.16 ft T: 29.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 44.45 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2865.02 m = 9399.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.50 C = 106.71 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -9.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 546.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4245.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.88 mb = 1932.86 m = 6341.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.88 mb = 3879.39 m = 12727.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.88 mb = 14407.56 m = 47268.33 ft B at Equ Level: 4180.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.8 neg: -5.4 tot: 240.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.63 Bulk Rich Number: 92.84 Bulk Shear: 45.73 m/s