MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 42.77,-92.84 Latitude: 42.77 Longitude: -92.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 978 322 22.3 18.4 78 3.9 19.6 94 4 297.3 299.8 293.6 337.0 13.70 2 950 574 22.9 17.4 71 5.4 19.1 122 8 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.4 13.30 3 900 1045 20.7 16.9 79 3.8 18.1 151 8 302.9 305.4 295.0 343.0 13.58 4 850 1537 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 158 6 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.1 11.99 5 800 2053 13.0 12.6 97 0.4 12.7 156 6 305.0 307.2 294.2 339.5 11.54 6 750 2595 10.9 8.6 86 2.3 9.5 172 4 308.4 310.1 293.5 336.8 9.37 7 700 3171 9.5 -0.3 50 9.8 4.3 224 2 313.1 314.1 291.7 329.9 5.36 8 650 3782 6.3 -6.4 40 12.6 0.3 278 3 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.8 3.65 9 600 4434 2.7 -11.3 35 14.0 -3.3 292 3 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.2 2.69 10 550 5132 -1.3 -15.0 34 13.7 -6.6 333 5 322.5 322.9 291.7 329.8 2.17 11 500 5886 -5.3 -25.4 19 20.1 -11.2 315 9 326.5 326.7 291.7 330.0 0.97 12 450 6704 -10.7 -29.4 20 18.6 -15.4 294 13 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.75 13 400 7598 -17.1 -32.4 25 15.3 -20.4 286 14 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.63 14 350 8586 -23.6 -39.5 22 15.9 -26.1 278 15 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.3 0.35 15 300 9693 -32.0 -44.2 29 12.3 -33.3 277 15 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.25 16 250 10953 -42.4 -53.2 30 10.8 -43.0 288 24 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.11 17 200 12424 -53.3 -62.2 33 8.9 -53.6 291 26 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14231 -62.7 -73.1 23 10.4 -62.9 252 27 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16713 -63.3 -84.1 4 20.8 -63.5 294 8 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.15 m Freezing level: 566.47 mb = 4902.13 m = 16082.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.39 mb = 3827.44 m = 12557.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.14 mb = 823.36 m = 2701.29 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.22 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1777.00 m = 5830.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 27.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.27 mb = 1354.05 m = 4442.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.27 mb = 2123.62 m = 6967.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.27 mb = 2230.27 m = 7317.05 ft B at Equ Level: 19.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 703.27 mb = 3131.88 m = 10275.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 14.87 m/s