MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 42.43,-94.46 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -94.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 964 357 30.6 25.9 76 4.7 27.0 154 14 306.9 311.1 301.4 374.5 22.31 2 950 489 29.9 22.7 65 7.2 24.6 158 22 307.6 311.0 299.4 363.8 18.61 3 900 971 26.7 19.1 63 7.6 21.2 177 29 309.0 312.0 298.0 356.5 15.63 4 850 1475 24.5 15.4 57 9.1 18.2 208 30 311.8 314.3 297.0 351.9 13.05 5 800 2006 24.4 8.4 36 16.0 14.1 233 24 317.1 318.8 295.4 344.4 8.65 6 750 2569 20.9 5.3 36 15.6 11.3 254 24 319.3 320.7 295.1 343.1 7.47 7 700 3160 15.6 3.7 45 11.9 8.5 262 26 319.8 321.2 295.0 342.7 7.17 8 650 3782 10.0 -0.0 50 10.0 4.4 276 22 320.3 321.5 294.1 339.3 5.89 9 600 4441 4.2 -4.7 52 8.9 -0.2 280 17 321.0 321.9 293.3 335.7 4.51 10 550 5141 -1.8 -10.7 51 8.8 -5.6 277 18 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.2 3.09 11 500 5891 -8.3 -11.4 78 3.2 -9.6 287 21 322.9 323.6 292.7 333.6 3.19 12 450 6701 -13.0 -23.3 42 10.2 -15.9 282 19 326.9 327.1 292.1 331.5 1.31 13 400 7588 -19.0 -33.3 27 14.2 -21.8 269 22 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.4 0.58 14 350 8568 -26.1 -36.1 38 10.0 -27.7 275 25 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.50 15 300 9662 -35.4 -43.9 41 8.5 -36.2 264 25 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.26 16 250 10905 -44.5 -55.5 28 11.0 -45.0 253 25 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.08 17 200 12370 -53.8 -67.2 18 13.4 -54.1 260 27 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14171 -62.5 -75.8 15 13.3 -62.7 271 22 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16645 -63.6 -84.5 4 20.9 -63.8 229 11 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.94 m Freezing level: 565.00 mb = 4931.31 m = 16178.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.32 mb = 4409.35 m = 14466.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.89 % Est. max temperature: 39.17 C = 102.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.53 mb = 955.70 m = 3135.48 ft T: 26.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.75 C/km ThetaE index: 42.35 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.86 mb = 3088.23 m = 10131.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.28 C = 109.90 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: -8.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3204.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 330.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.76 mb = 1782.08 m = 5846.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.76 mb = 3836.30 m = 12586.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.76 mb = 13935.31 m = 45718.96 ft B at Equ Level: 3191.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 340.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.37 Bulk Rich Number: 24.98 Bulk Shear: 128.30 m/s