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: 42.89,-92.18 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -92.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 975 328 29.4 25.0 77 4.4 26.1 176 13 304.7 308.6 300.1 367.4 20.91 2 950 558 27.2 21.9 73 5.3 23.3 179 22 304.8 308.1 298.2 357.8 17.73 3 900 1035 23.0 19.7 82 3.3 20.6 187 26 305.2 308.2 297.4 353.8 16.25 4 850 1534 22.2 13.7 58 8.6 16.5 213 31 309.4 311.6 295.5 345.0 11.67 5 800 2060 20.2 10.0 52 10.3 13.6 220 27 312.7 314.5 294.9 342.6 9.66 6 750 2613 16.2 8.1 58 8.2 11.1 223 23 314.2 316.0 294.9 342.4 9.05 7 700 3196 12.0 5.5 64 6.5 8.0 232 21 315.7 317.3 294.6 341.2 8.10 8 650 3813 8.0 -1.6 51 9.6 2.8 242 15 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.7 5.22 9 600 4468 3.3 -10.5 36 13.8 -2.7 244 7 320.0 320.5 291.6 329.5 2.87 10 550 5165 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -7.1 244 7 320.4 320.9 291.4 328.9 2.53 11 500 5911 -8.7 -21.5 35 12.8 -12.6 234 10 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.2 1.38 12 450 6721 -12.8 -30.6 21 17.7 -17.0 245 14 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.67 13 400 7608 -19.0 -26.2 53 7.2 -20.8 277 18 330.3 330.5 292.9 334.3 1.13 14 350 8588 -26.3 -30.9 65 4.6 -27.2 293 11 333.3 333.5 293.4 336.4 0.83 15 300 9681 -35.2 -35.8 95 0.5 -35.3 288 9 335.7 335.8 293.8 338.0 0.60 16 250 10924 -45.5 -45.5 100 -0.0 -45.5 285 17 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 17 200 12369 -57.9 -58.7 91 0.7 -58.0 265 19 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 18 150 14154 -61.9 -74.3 17 12.4 -62.0 278 27 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16647 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 99 3 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.69 m Freezing level: 574.03 mb = 4830.08 m = 15846.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.29 mb = 4143.25 m = 13593.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.46 % Est. max temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.92 mb = 880.47 m = 2888.64 ft T: 24.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 40.25 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.58 mb = 2370.06 m = 7775.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.14 C = 100.66 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -7.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3066.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.89 mb = 1362.01 m = 4468.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.89 mb = 3173.71 m = 10412.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.89 mb = 13680.63 m = 44883.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3052.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 160.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 134.17 Bulk Shear: 22.85 m/s