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: 42.35,-93.98 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 971 332 30.2 26.4 80 3.8 27.3 340 2 306.0 310.2 301.5 375.2 22.91 2 950 524 30.8 21.4 57 9.4 23.9 252 2 308.5 311.7 298.8 360.4 17.12 3 900 1007 27.2 18.8 60 8.4 21.2 233 10 309.5 312.4 298.0 356.2 15.35 4 850 1511 23.3 16.9 68 6.3 18.8 229 19 310.5 313.2 297.6 354.6 14.43 5 800 2037 18.9 15.4 80 3.5 16.5 224 25 311.3 314.0 297.4 353.8 13.88 6 750 2589 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.8 229 25 312.4 314.9 297.2 352.7 13.08 7 700 3171 12.0 9.4 85 2.5 10.3 242 34 315.7 317.8 296.4 349.1 10.67 8 650 3791 9.6 -3.9 38 13.5 2.7 258 34 319.8 320.7 292.8 334.1 4.40 9 600 4448 4.1 -6.1 47 10.2 -0.9 266 35 320.8 321.6 292.8 334.1 4.04 10 550 5148 -2.3 -7.0 70 4.7 -4.5 270 35 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.9 4.11 11 500 5897 -8.2 -11.5 77 3.3 -9.6 272 32 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.6 3.17 12 450 6705 -14.4 -18.4 72 4.0 -15.7 272 35 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.9 1.99 13 400 7589 -19.8 -26.4 56 6.6 -21.4 273 40 329.3 329.5 292.6 333.2 1.11 14 350 8569 -25.2 -36.3 35 11.1 -27.0 262 36 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.7 0.49 15 300 9669 -33.6 -43.2 37 9.6 -34.6 255 36 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.2 0.28 16 250 10924 -42.2 -52.9 30 10.7 -42.8 244 35 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.8 0.11 17 200 12396 -53.3 -60.7 40 7.4 -53.5 244 32 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14195 -64.9 -68.2 63 3.4 -64.9 265 32 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.03 19 100 16660 -61.2 -84.1 3 22.9 -61.4 239 22 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.90 m Freezing level: 568.01 mb = 4895.94 m = 16062.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.22 mb = 4282.68 m = 14050.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.23 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.52 mb = 815.44 m = 2675.29 ft T: 28.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 41.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.57 mb = 2160.22 m = 7087.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.43 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -8.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 45.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 536.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3110.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.10 mb = 1832.31 m = 6011.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.10 mb = 2429.92 m = 7972.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.10 mb = 14439.18 m = 47372.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3067.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 43.52 Bulk Shear: 71.47 m/s