MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.89,-95.32 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 966 421 26.8 24.0 85 2.8 24.7 122 11 302.9 306.5 299.0 361.7 19.80 2 950 572 26.2 22.3 79 3.9 23.3 129 18 303.8 307.1 298.2 357.8 18.14 3 900 1048 23.7 19.1 75 4.6 20.4 165 23 305.9 308.8 297.3 352.8 15.64 4 850 1547 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.8 197 27 308.7 311.2 296.7 350.3 13.74 5 800 2072 18.7 13.9 73 4.8 15.4 222 32 311.1 313.5 296.5 349.6 12.57 6 750 2624 17.0 7.3 53 9.7 10.9 235 32 315.0 316.7 294.8 341.9 8.59 7 700 3211 14.5 -2.7 30 17.3 5.4 256 19 318.6 319.4 292.5 333.0 4.47 8 650 3831 9.4 -9.1 26 18.5 0.8 275 14 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.4 2.96 9 600 4487 3.6 -11.8 31 15.5 -2.9 287 18 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.9 2.58 10 550 5185 -2.6 -14.1 41 11.5 -7.1 282 24 321.0 321.5 291.4 328.8 2.33 11 500 5931 -9.4 -17.3 53 7.9 -12.1 281 29 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.3 1.97 12 450 6737 -14.9 -28.0 32 13.1 -18.0 292 34 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.85 13 400 7617 -20.7 -35.6 25 14.9 -23.3 312 22 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.46 14 350 8589 -28.5 -44.0 21 15.5 -30.2 287 12 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.22 15 300 9674 -36.9 -52.1 19 15.2 -37.9 290 20 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10910 -46.4 -56.9 29 10.5 -46.9 281 25 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12354 -56.8 -62.0 52 5.2 -56.9 275 26 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14158 -59.9 -74.7 13 14.8 -60.1 280 21 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16683 -59.4 -84.4 3 25.0 -59.7 257 13 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.83 m Freezing level: 570.83 mb = 4894.36 m = 16057.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.80 mb = 3973.36 m = 13035.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.23 % Est. max temperature: 34.14 C = 93.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.89 mb = 769.80 m = 2525.55 ft T: 25.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 34.18 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.64 mb = 2549.02 m = 8362.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.29 C = 100.92 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -8.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 29.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3037.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.64 mb = 1438.62 m = 4719.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.64 mb = 4013.95 m = 13168.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.64 mb = 13536.08 m = 44409.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2998.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 425.1 neg: -10.5 tot: 414.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.78 Bulk Rich Number: 19.25 Bulk Shear: 157.83 m/s