MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-95 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 967 390 27.8 23.9 80 3.9 24.9 150 12 303.9 307.5 299.2 362.6 19.71 2 950 546 28.4 21.6 67 6.8 23.4 156 23 306.0 309.3 298.3 358.1 17.34 3 900 1026 26.9 17.2 56 9.6 20.1 181 32 309.2 311.8 297.0 351.4 13.88 4 850 1529 23.5 14.8 58 8.7 17.5 200 32 310.8 313.1 296.4 349.2 12.55 5 800 2057 20.5 12.0 58 8.5 14.8 227 32 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.3 11.11 6 750 2612 17.3 8.1 55 9.2 11.5 247 29 315.4 317.1 295.3 343.8 9.10 7 700 3199 14.8 -3.2 29 17.9 5.3 263 11 318.8 319.7 292.5 332.9 4.32 8 650 3819 9.8 -12.1 20 21.9 0.3 267 10 320.0 320.5 291.1 327.7 2.32 9 600 4476 4.2 -14.6 24 18.8 -3.3 308 12 321.0 321.4 291.1 327.9 2.05 10 550 5176 -1.5 -18.3 27 16.8 -7.5 319 12 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.64 11 500 5926 -7.3 -24.0 25 16.6 -12.2 306 9 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.0 1.10 12 450 6738 -13.0 -30.4 22 17.5 -17.0 294 13 326.9 327.1 291.5 329.4 0.67 13 400 7624 -19.6 -33.3 29 13.7 -22.2 296 16 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.58 14 350 8602 -26.3 -44.5 16 18.1 -28.5 280 16 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.21 15 300 9696 -35.2 -52.6 15 17.4 -36.4 266 20 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 16 250 10939 -45.3 -51.4 50 6.1 -45.6 264 17 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.13 17 200 12389 -56.9 -57.0 99 0.1 -56.9 297 21 342.6 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.09 18 150 14164 -65.2 -70.3 49 5.1 -65.3 313 28 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16667 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 278 8 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.68 m Freezing level: 563.33 mb = 4989.76 m = 16370.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.47 mb = 3863.96 m = 12676.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.59 % Est. max temperature: 36.11 C = 96.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.61 mb = 883.22 m = 2897.68 ft T: 27.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 34.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3172.84 m = 10409.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.49 C = 108.48 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 27.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2576.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.83 mb = 1897.18 m = 6224.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.83 mb = 4078.08 m = 13379.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.83 mb = 13772.14 m = 45183.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2572.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.7 neg: -5.4 tot: 390.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.09 Bulk Rich Number: 28.78 Bulk Shear: 89.51 m/s