MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 42.98,-94.31 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -94.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 963 359 27.7 25.3 87 2.4 25.9 135 12 304.1 308.1 300.3 368.7 21.56 2 950 478 27.8 24.0 80 3.8 25.0 136 21 305.4 309.1 299.8 365.9 20.15 3 900 959 27.4 18.8 59 8.6 21.2 168 30 309.8 312.7 298.0 356.6 15.36 4 850 1465 25.8 15.2 52 10.5 18.4 204 22 313.1 315.6 297.3 353.0 12.91 5 800 1997 23.6 11.6 47 12.0 15.5 238 28 316.3 318.4 296.7 350.1 10.79 6 750 2559 20.9 4.4 34 16.5 10.9 257 29 319.3 320.7 294.7 341.8 7.03 7 700 3150 16.2 -0.7 32 16.9 6.8 266 22 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.2 5.20 8 650 3773 10.6 -2.4 40 13.0 3.7 271 18 320.9 321.9 293.6 337.0 4.95 9 600 4433 4.6 -4.7 51 9.3 -0.0 286 20 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.2 4.51 10 550 5135 -1.5 -8.4 59 6.9 -4.6 297 28 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.6 3.69 11 500 5885 -7.7 -14.8 56 7.2 -10.4 293 30 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.8 2.42 12 450 6697 -12.7 -20.1 54 7.3 -15.0 274 31 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.2 1.72 13 400 7585 -18.6 -32.9 27 14.3 -21.5 270 34 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.1 0.60 14 350 8566 -26.4 -40.7 25 14.3 -28.3 262 37 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.31 15 300 9658 -35.6 -50.3 21 14.7 -36.7 263 38 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.13 16 250 10903 -43.9 -60.6 14 16.7 -44.6 254 48 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12370 -53.3 -67.9 15 14.6 -53.6 255 50 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14178 -62.9 -75.7 16 12.8 -63.0 261 40 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16650 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.7 276 13 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.04 m Freezing level: 561.94 mb = 4967.03 m = 16295.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.53 mb = 4425.85 m = 14520.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.67 % Est. max temperature: 38.92 C = 102.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.35 mb = 664.28 m = 2179.37 ft T: 27.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 36.82 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.66 mb = 3129.72 m = 10267.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.77 C = 110.78 F Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lifted Index: -8.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: -5.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3160.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.72 mb = 1719.43 m = 5641.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.72 mb = 3891.96 m = 12768.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.72 mb = 14147.57 m = 46415.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3130.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 431.5 neg: -9.5 tot: 422.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.25 Bulk Rich Number: 15.20 Bulk Shear: 207.87 m/s