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: 42.93,-95.3 Latitude: 42.93 Longitude: -95.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 422 26.6 24.0 86 2.6 24.7 122 11 302.7 306.3 299.0 361.4 19.78 2 950 573 26.0 22.4 81 3.6 23.3 128 18 303.5 306.9 298.2 357.6 18.19 3 900 1048 23.4 19.2 77 4.3 20.4 165 23 305.7 308.6 297.3 352.8 15.72 4 850 1547 21.4 16.2 72 5.2 17.8 198 28 308.6 311.2 296.7 350.3 13.78 5 800 2072 18.7 13.9 74 4.8 15.4 222 33 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.6 12.60 6 750 2624 17.1 7.0 51 10.2 10.8 236 32 315.1 316.8 294.7 341.4 8.38 7 700 3211 14.5 -2.6 30 17.1 5.4 256 19 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.1 4.50 8 650 3831 9.4 -9.4 26 18.8 0.8 276 13 319.6 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.89 9 600 4487 3.6 -11.9 31 15.5 -3.0 287 18 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.9 2.57 10 550 5185 -2.6 -14.2 41 11.5 -7.1 281 25 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.8 2.32 11 500 5931 -9.4 -17.2 53 7.8 -12.1 281 29 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.3 1.99 12 450 6736 -14.9 -28.0 32 13.0 -18.0 292 34 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.85 13 400 7617 -20.7 -35.8 25 15.1 -23.3 312 22 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.45 14 350 8589 -28.5 -44.0 21 15.5 -30.2 287 12 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.22 15 300 9673 -36.9 -52.0 19 15.1 -37.9 290 19 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 16 250 10909 -46.4 -57.0 29 10.6 -46.9 281 25 337.0 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12353 -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: 5808.61 m Freezing level: 571.01 mb = 4891.50 m = 16048.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.58 mb = 3963.04 m = 13001.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.83 mb = 751.83 m = 2466.59 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 33.92 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2579.77 m = 8463.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.60 C = 101.49 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 577.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3022.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.02 mb = 1404.39 m = 4607.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.02 mb = 3970.24 m = 13025.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.02 mb = 13408.95 m = 43992.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2999.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 279.0 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): 61.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.3 neg: -11.4 tot: 417.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.84 Bulk Rich Number: 19.00 Bulk Shear: 159.09 m/s