MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.93,-95.04 Latitude: 42.93 Longitude: -95.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 959 410 28.2 24.0 78 4.2 25.1 153 14 305.0 308.7 299.6 364.7 19.95 2 950 497 29.6 22.4 65 7.2 24.2 156 23 307.2 310.6 299.1 362.2 18.22 3 900 981 29.5 16.7 46 12.8 20.5 180 38 311.9 314.5 297.3 353.2 13.45 4 850 1489 26.6 13.5 45 13.1 17.7 198 38 314.0 316.2 296.5 349.7 11.53 5 800 2021 23.3 10.8 45 12.5 15.0 220 35 316.0 317.9 296.2 347.9 10.21 6 750 2580 18.8 8.4 51 10.4 12.1 228 33 317.0 318.8 295.8 346.2 9.27 7 700 3170 16.3 -3.0 26 19.3 6.0 214 16 320.6 321.4 293.0 334.8 4.38 8 650 3794 11.1 -5.0 32 16.1 2.9 218 12 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.8 4.05 9 600 4455 5.0 -7.7 39 12.7 -1.0 226 11 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.58 10 550 5156 -1.2 -12.2 43 11.0 -5.8 219 8 322.7 323.2 292.2 331.8 2.73 11 500 5907 -7.8 -15.6 53 7.9 -10.6 269 4 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.3 2.26 12 450 6715 -14.8 -18.5 74 3.7 -16.0 284 10 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.4 1.98 13 400 7594 -21.5 -31.0 42 9.5 -23.4 284 11 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.72 14 350 8565 -28.7 -38.5 38 9.8 -30.0 282 12 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.39 15 300 9649 -36.9 -38.0 89 1.2 -37.0 261 14 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.48 16 250 10886 -45.9 -47.6 83 1.6 -46.0 259 19 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.21 17 200 12332 -57.5 -61.3 62 3.8 -57.6 274 23 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14117 -61.8 -70.3 31 8.5 -62.0 248 19 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.02 19 100 16641 -61.0 -83.5 4 22.5 -61.3 209 16 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.79 m Freezing level: 559.67 mb = 5020.47 m = 16471.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.62 mb = 4282.74 m = 14050.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.91 % Est. max temperature: 38.72 C = 101.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.73 mb = 953.64 m = 3128.71 ft T: 29.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 33.48 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.80 mb = 3478.83 m = 11413.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.11 C = 111.40 F Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lifted Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 28.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3160.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.58 mb = 2256.11 m = 7401.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.58 mb = 4269.82 m = 14008.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.58 mb = 13578.97 m = 44549.88 ft B at Equ Level: 3146.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.9 neg: -37.9 tot: 341.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.40 Bulk Rich Number: 67.62 Bulk Shear: 46.74 m/s