MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.5,-94.52 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -94.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 962 389 28.8 24.5 77 4.3 25.5 166 8 305.3 309.1 299.9 366.7 20.46 2 950 499 29.7 22.3 64 7.4 24.2 170 16 307.3 310.7 299.1 362.0 18.10 3 900 982 27.6 18.0 56 9.6 20.8 190 30 310.0 312.8 297.6 354.5 14.61 4 850 1488 25.9 12.9 44 13.0 17.1 215 33 313.3 315.4 296.1 347.5 11.06 5 800 2019 22.2 11.7 52 10.4 15.2 234 34 314.8 316.9 296.3 348.7 10.90 6 750 2576 17.8 10.5 62 7.3 13.0 253 36 315.9 317.9 296.5 349.3 10.71 7 700 3162 13.1 8.1 71 5.0 9.9 265 36 317.0 318.9 296.1 347.6 9.73 8 650 3782 9.3 -1.9 45 11.2 3.3 277 23 319.5 320.5 293.3 336.1 5.12 9 600 4440 4.4 -5.1 50 9.5 -0.3 287 20 321.2 322.1 293.2 335.4 4.35 10 550 5141 -1.8 -8.8 59 7.0 -5.0 304 26 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.57 11 500 5890 -8.3 -15.4 57 7.0 -10.9 304 26 322.9 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.32 12 450 6701 -12.1 -31.7 18 19.6 -16.6 292 19 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.2 0.60 13 400 7590 -18.8 -40.3 13 21.5 -22.2 261 19 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.28 14 350 8569 -26.0 -50.5 8 24.5 -28.5 274 30 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 15 300 9669 -32.7 -42.4 38 9.6 -33.8 241 38 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.5 0.31 16 250 10926 -42.8 -48.1 56 5.3 -43.2 233 31 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.20 17 200 12395 -53.2 -63.5 27 10.3 -53.4 267 27 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.04 18 150 14206 -63.0 -75.7 16 12.7 -63.1 288 22 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16668 -63.3 -84.4 4 21.2 -63.5 324 14 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.28 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4933.65 m = 16186.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.57 mb = 4377.65 m = 14362.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.94 % Est. max temperature: 37.80 C = 100.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.73 mb = 944.79 m = 3099.66 ft T: 27.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.21 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.20 mb = 2861.71 m = 9388.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.80 C = 103.64 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: -7.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 42.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2377.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 231.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.33 mb = 2025.69 m = 6645.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.33 mb = 3726.37 m = 12225.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.33 mb = 13631.38 m = 44721.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2363.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 491.7 neg: -0.8 tot: 490.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.38 Bulk Rich Number: 18.23 Bulk Shear: 130.43 m/s