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: 42.77,-94.86 Latitude: 42.77 Longitude: -94.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 965 388 27.9 24.4 81 3.5 25.3 150 13 304.2 307.9 299.7 364.9 20.33 2 950 522 28.6 22.5 69 6.1 24.0 155 23 306.2 309.6 299.0 361.2 18.31 3 900 1003 27.6 17.5 54 10.1 20.4 180 36 309.9 312.6 297.3 352.9 14.10 4 850 1508 25.0 13.7 49 11.4 17.3 201 37 312.4 314.6 296.3 348.2 11.64 5 800 2039 22.3 10.2 46 12.2 14.4 225 38 315.0 316.8 295.6 345.5 9.79 6 750 2596 18.7 6.7 45 12.0 11.2 236 34 316.9 318.4 295.0 342.7 8.21 7 700 3185 16.2 -8.2 18 24.4 4.4 262 8 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.1 2.93 8 650 3808 10.8 -10.2 22 21.0 1.2 307 10 321.2 321.8 291.8 330.3 2.71 9 600 4468 4.7 -12.6 27 17.3 -2.6 314 13 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.6 2.41 10 550 5168 -1.9 -15.3 35 13.4 -7.0 314 14 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.0 2.11 11 500 5916 -8.6 -18.0 47 9.4 -11.8 312 11 322.6 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.86 12 450 6723 -14.7 -26.4 37 11.6 -17.6 308 15 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.99 13 400 7604 -20.5 -38.4 18 18.0 -23.4 294 16 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.7 0.35 14 350 8578 -27.4 -45.6 16 18.2 -29.4 280 18 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.19 15 300 9669 -35.6 -52.4 16 16.8 -36.8 294 14 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10910 -45.4 -58.3 22 12.9 -45.9 302 13 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12360 -56.6 -62.5 48 5.9 -56.7 312 20 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14148 -62.0 -72.6 23 10.7 -62.1 288 19 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16659 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.0 274 8 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.88 m Freezing level: 564.34 mb = 4966.86 m = 16295.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.36 mb = 4009.08 m = 13153.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.78 % Est. max temperature: 37.81 C = 100.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.32 mb = 833.85 m = 2735.68 ft T: 27.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.06 C/km ThetaE index: 34.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.04 mb = 3354.84 m = 11006.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.19 C = 111.55 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 22.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2962.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 355.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.78 mb = 1943.23 m = 6375.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.78 mb = 4147.57 m = 13607.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.78 mb = 13601.73 m = 44624.54 ft B at Equ Level: 2947.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 487.3 neg: -17.0 tot: 470.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.76 Bulk Rich Number: 28.51 Bulk Shear: 103.91 m/s