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: 42.96,-94.86 Latitude: 42.96 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 50 SFC 961 396 28.0 24.2 80 3.8 25.2 154 14 304.6 308.3 299.7 364.9 20.15 2 950 500 29.2 22.6 67 6.7 24.3 157 24 306.8 310.3 299.1 362.4 18.41 3 900 983 29.2 16.8 47 12.5 20.5 181 39 311.6 314.2 297.3 353.0 13.48 4 850 1491 26.3 13.7 46 12.6 17.7 199 38 313.7 315.9 296.6 349.8 11.68 5 800 2023 23.1 10.8 46 12.3 15.0 221 34 315.8 317.8 296.1 347.7 10.22 6 750 2581 18.9 8.0 49 10.9 12.0 229 31 317.1 318.9 295.6 345.5 9.01 7 700 3171 16.1 -2.5 28 18.7 6.1 213 16 320.3 321.2 293.1 335.1 4.54 8 650 3795 11.1 -6.7 28 17.7 2.3 214 13 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.3 3.57 9 600 4455 5.0 -8.9 36 13.9 -1.4 220 11 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.6 3.24 10 550 5157 -1.3 -12.2 43 10.9 -5.8 221 9 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.7 2.73 11 500 5907 -7.9 -15.0 57 7.1 -10.5 270 4 323.4 323.9 292.1 331.5 2.39 12 450 6715 -14.8 -19.1 69 4.4 -16.1 287 11 324.7 325.1 292.0 331.1 1.87 13 400 7594 -21.5 -29.9 47 8.4 -23.2 290 11 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.80 14 350 8565 -28.7 -36.1 49 7.4 -29.8 284 11 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9 0.50 15 300 9649 -36.8 -37.5 93 0.7 -36.9 257 13 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.50 16 250 10886 -46.0 -46.7 92 0.7 -46.0 254 19 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.23 17 200 12332 -57.4 -61.3 61 3.9 -57.5 275 22 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14117 -61.9 -70.3 31 8.5 -62.0 247 19 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.02 19 100 16642 -61.2 -83.4 4 22.2 -61.4 212 16 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.50 m Freezing level: 560.23 mb = 5013.16 m = 16447.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.27 mb = 4194.56 m = 13761.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.73 % Est. max temperature: 38.61 C = 101.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.80 mb = 886.36 m = 2907.96 ft T: 29.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 34.94 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.20 mb = 3425.32 m = 11237.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.06 C = 111.32 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 29.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3198.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.22 mb = 2173.03 m = 7129.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.22 mb = 4168.58 m = 13676.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.22 mb = 13669.62 m = 44847.29 ft B at Equ Level: 3175.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.4 neg: -35.6 tot: 336.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.36 Bulk Rich Number: 68.80 Bulk Shear: 46.50 m/s