MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.28,-94.14 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 970 336 30.2 26.5 81 3.7 27.4 335 3 305.9 310.2 301.5 375.4 22.99 2 950 524 30.9 21.5 58 9.3 24.0 292 4 308.5 311.8 298.9 360.9 17.28 3 900 1007 27.2 19.1 61 8.2 21.3 240 9 309.6 312.5 298.1 357.1 15.62 4 850 1510 23.3 17.2 69 6.1 18.9 231 17 310.5 313.3 297.8 355.3 14.68 5 800 2037 19.0 15.6 80 3.4 16.6 225 23 311.4 314.1 297.6 354.5 14.05 6 750 2589 14.9 13.4 91 1.4 13.9 231 25 312.7 315.2 297.3 352.9 13.04 7 700 3172 12.1 9.6 85 2.5 10.4 241 35 315.8 317.9 296.5 349.5 10.77 8 650 3791 9.7 -4.0 38 13.8 2.7 257 33 320.0 320.8 292.8 334.1 4.36 9 600 4449 4.2 -6.6 45 10.7 -1.0 267 34 321.0 321.7 292.7 333.8 3.90 10 550 5149 -2.2 -7.4 67 5.2 -4.6 272 34 321.5 322.2 292.9 334.5 3.97 11 500 5898 -8.2 -11.5 77 3.3 -9.6 275 32 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.6 3.17 12 450 6707 -14.3 -19.1 67 4.8 -15.8 274 35 325.3 325.6 292.2 331.7 1.88 13 400 7590 -19.7 -28.3 46 8.6 -21.7 273 40 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.8 0.93 14 350 8571 -25.3 -37.7 31 12.4 -27.2 262 36 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 15 300 9671 -33.7 -43.5 37 9.8 -34.7 254 35 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.27 16 250 10924 -42.3 -53.3 29 11.0 -42.9 244 36 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.11 17 200 12396 -53.3 -60.9 39 7.6 -53.5 243 33 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14195 -64.9 -68.2 63 3.3 -64.9 260 31 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.03 19 100 16662 -61.3 -84.2 3 22.9 -61.6 240 22 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.64 m Freezing level: 567.31 mb = 4906.90 m = 16098.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.44 mb = 4267.35 m = 14000.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.61 % Est. max temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.81 mb = 802.49 m = 2632.80 ft T: 28.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 41.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2150.62 m = 7055.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.86 C = 96.55 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -8.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 46.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3237.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.59 mb = 1816.33 m = 5959.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.59 mb = 2413.37 m = 7917.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.59 mb = 14377.07 m = 47168.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3213.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 48.35 Bulk Shear: 66.97 m/s