MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.68,-94.73 Latitude: 42.68 Longitude: -94.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 966 376 27.7 24.1 81 3.6 25.0 152 14 303.9 307.6 299.4 363.3 19.92 2 950 524 28.5 22.1 68 6.4 23.8 157 25 306.1 309.4 298.7 359.8 17.87 3 900 1005 27.6 17.2 53 10.4 20.3 182 37 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.3 13.88 4 850 1510 24.8 13.9 51 10.9 17.4 201 37 312.1 314.4 296.3 348.4 11.79 5 800 2040 22.3 10.2 46 12.1 14.4 226 36 314.9 316.8 295.6 345.5 9.81 6 750 2597 18.7 6.7 46 12.0 11.2 241 33 316.9 318.4 295.0 342.8 8.23 7 700 3187 16.0 -6.2 21 22.2 4.8 267 10 320.2 320.9 292.1 331.5 3.43 8 650 3809 10.7 -9.8 23 20.5 1.3 295 10 321.1 321.6 291.8 330.3 2.79 9 600 4468 4.6 -13.1 26 17.7 -2.8 311 13 321.5 321.9 291.5 329.2 2.32 10 550 5168 -1.9 -15.4 35 13.5 -7.1 318 14 321.8 322.2 291.4 328.9 2.09 11 500 5916 -8.5 -18.4 45 9.9 -11.8 316 10 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.8 1.79 12 450 6723 -14.6 -26.7 35 12.1 -17.6 306 14 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.2 0.96 13 400 7605 -20.5 -38.5 18 18.1 -23.4 296 17 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.7 0.34 14 350 8579 -27.4 -45.7 16 18.2 -29.5 282 17 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.18 15 300 9669 -35.6 -52.5 16 16.9 -36.8 294 14 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10911 -45.5 -58.2 22 12.8 -46.0 305 13 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12360 -56.6 -62.6 46 6.0 -56.7 313 21 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14149 -61.9 -72.8 22 10.9 -62.0 288 19 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16659 -61.6 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.9 268 7 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.62 m Freezing level: 564.70 mb = 4962.36 m = 16280.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.54 mb = 4007.49 m = 13147.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.03 % Est. max temperature: 37.74 C = 99.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.80 mb = 840.77 m = 2758.40 ft T: 27.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 35.08 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.43 mb = 3351.15 m = 10994.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.13 C = 111.44 F Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Showalter Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 24.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2847.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.79 mb = 1944.41 m = 6379.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.79 mb = 4148.05 m = 13608.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.79 mb = 13601.64 m = 44624.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2823.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.9 neg: -6.6 tot: 483.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.33 Bulk Rich Number: 26.80 Bulk Shear: 106.24 m/s