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 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 967 346 28.8 24.9 80 3.8 25.9 163 11 304.9 308.8 300.2 367.8 20.98 2 950 501 29.9 22.3 64 7.5 24.3 168 21 307.5 310.9 299.2 362.4 18.18 3 900 984 28.7 17.4 51 11.3 20.7 189 35 311.1 313.7 297.5 354.0 14.03 4 850 1491 25.8 14.7 50 11.1 18.1 208 30 313.2 315.6 297.0 351.7 12.49 5 800 2022 22.4 11.8 51 10.6 15.3 226 28 315.0 317.1 296.4 349.0 10.92 6 750 2580 18.4 9.4 56 9.0 12.6 234 29 316.6 318.5 296.1 347.6 9.90 7 700 3169 15.4 3.0 43 12.4 8.1 230 24 319.6 320.9 294.6 341.3 6.80 8 650 3792 10.4 -2.3 41 12.7 3.6 217 20 320.7 321.7 293.6 336.9 4.99 9 600 4451 4.6 -6.0 46 10.7 -0.6 223 19 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.8 4.06 10 550 5152 -1.9 -6.0 74 4.1 -3.8 244 17 321.9 322.7 293.4 336.5 4.46 11 500 5901 -8.4 -9.7 90 1.3 -8.9 254 15 322.8 323.6 293.0 335.0 3.68 12 450 6708 -15.1 -16.7 88 1.6 -15.7 250 18 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.0 2.29 13 400 7589 -21.0 -32.3 36 11.3 -23.2 267 23 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.64 14 350 8561 -27.6 -37.0 41 9.3 -29.0 263 16 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.46 15 300 9650 -36.2 -43.1 49 6.9 -36.8 261 11 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.28 16 250 10886 -46.8 -52.2 54 5.5 -47.0 288 12 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.12 17 200 12328 -57.5 -61.9 58 4.3 -57.6 295 16 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14106 -62.8 -70.1 36 7.3 -62.9 228 20 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 19 100 16635 -61.6 -83.4 4 21.8 -61.9 220 15 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.03 m Freezing level: 564.45 mb = 4949.43 m = 16238.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.76 mb = 4358.68 m = 14299.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.78 % Est. max temperature: 38.21 C = 100.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.85 mb = 837.86 m = 2748.86 ft T: 29.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 33.02 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.75 mb = 3195.75 m = 10484.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.40 C = 110.12 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -8.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3522.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 288.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.51 mb = 2016.41 m = 6615.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.51 mb = 3977.35 m = 13048.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.51 mb = 13883.42 m = 45548.72 ft B at Equ Level: 3502.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.7 neg: -17.0 tot: 249.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.77 Bulk Rich Number: 80.26 Bulk Shear: 43.89 m/s