MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.82,-93.43 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 970 364 29.7 25.8 79 4.0 26.7 171 11 305.6 309.7 300.9 371.8 22.00 2 950 544 28.4 22.4 70 6.0 23.9 178 19 306.0 309.3 298.8 360.6 18.19 3 900 1023 24.2 19.8 76 4.4 21.1 189 25 306.5 309.6 297.8 355.8 16.40 4 850 1523 22.2 14.6 62 7.6 17.0 213 34 309.4 311.7 296.0 346.9 12.35 5 800 2050 21.3 8.7 44 12.6 13.3 217 33 313.9 315.6 294.7 341.5 8.87 6 750 2605 17.3 6.7 50 10.6 10.7 219 28 315.3 316.9 294.6 341.1 8.23 7 700 3190 13.0 3.0 51 10.0 7.2 221 22 316.9 318.2 294.0 338.5 6.82 8 650 3809 9.5 -7.7 29 17.2 1.3 219 17 319.7 320.3 291.9 330.5 3.30 9 600 4465 3.5 -9.2 39 12.8 -2.2 205 13 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.7 3.17 10 550 5163 -3.0 -12.1 49 9.1 -6.7 199 12 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.75 11 500 5910 -8.2 -21.7 33 13.5 -12.3 211 11 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.7 1.34 12 450 6720 -12.8 -24.6 37 11.7 -16.1 245 16 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.2 1.16 13 400 7608 -18.9 -24.7 60 5.8 -20.4 261 17 330.4 330.7 293.0 335.0 1.29 14 350 8587 -26.8 -28.3 87 1.5 -27.1 264 13 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.06 15 300 9679 -35.4 -35.7 96 0.4 -35.4 283 16 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.60 16 250 10922 -45.3 -45.3 100 -0.0 -45.3 274 26 338.7 338.7 294.3 339.7 0.27 17 200 12371 -57.2 -57.3 99 0.1 -57.2 280 19 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14153 -62.3 -74.7 18 12.3 -62.4 269 33 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16647 -63.6 -84.0 5 20.5 -63.7 73 2 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.92 m Freezing level: 572.78 mb = 4845.08 m = 15895.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.39 mb = 4047.05 m = 13277.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.16 % Est. max temperature: 36.18 C = 97.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.13 mb = 865.83 m = 2840.63 ft T: 25.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 41.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.76 mb = 2539.24 m = 8330.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.62 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3302.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.91 mb = 1492.76 m = 4897.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.91 mb = 3457.63 m = 11343.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.91 mb = 13835.02 m = 45389.94 ft B at Equ Level: 3290.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 145.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 242.04 Bulk Shear: 13.65 m/s