MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.44,-92.14 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -92.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 981 289 27.1 23.9 83 3.2 24.7 158 12 301.9 305.5 298.5 359.2 19.35 2 950 571 26.8 21.4 72 5.4 22.9 165 26 304.4 307.5 297.8 355.4 17.13 3 900 1048 24.5 17.5 65 7.0 19.6 190 32 306.7 309.4 296.4 349.2 14.13 4 850 1548 21.5 14.8 66 6.7 17.0 206 29 308.7 311.1 296.0 346.9 12.59 5 800 2073 20.1 9.8 52 10.3 13.5 222 23 312.6 314.4 294.8 342.1 9.56 6 750 2626 16.2 7.9 58 8.2 11.0 235 28 314.1 315.8 294.8 342.0 8.96 7 700 3209 11.6 6.0 68 5.6 8.2 240 29 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.8 8.43 8 650 3825 7.8 -1.0 54 8.8 3.1 243 24 317.7 318.8 293.1 335.3 5.47 9 600 4479 2.4 -2.0 72 4.4 0.1 259 21 318.9 320.0 293.4 336.6 5.50 10 550 5176 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.3 -3.6 269 17 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.2 5.30 11 500 5922 -9.2 -17.9 49 8.7 -12.2 272 16 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.87 12 450 6729 -13.6 -26.3 33 12.7 -16.9 319 10 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.7 0.99 13 400 7615 -19.4 -31.8 32 12.4 -22.0 315 13 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.2 0.67 14 350 8593 -26.5 -40.1 26 13.6 -28.3 303 18 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.33 15 300 9686 -35.2 -43.0 45 7.7 -36.0 315 20 335.7 335.8 293.5 336.8 0.29 16 250 10929 -45.2 -46.2 89 1.0 -45.2 301 12 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.24 17 200 12380 -57.1 -59.3 76 2.2 -57.1 315 17 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.06 18 150 14152 -65.6 -70.7 49 5.1 -65.7 316 12 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16666 -60.2 -84.0 3 23.8 -60.4 268 10 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.56 m Freezing level: 579.13 mb = 4770.20 m = 15650.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.92 mb = 4493.88 m = 14743.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.33 % Est. max temperature: 35.29 C = 95.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.18 mb = 700.29 m = 2297.52 ft T: 26.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 23.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.52 mb = 2540.82 m = 8335.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.99 C = 102.18 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2568.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.13 mb = 1484.79 m = 4871.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.13 mb = 3436.36 m = 11274.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.13 mb = 13711.00 m = 44983.04 ft B at Equ Level: 2564.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 283.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.10 Bulk Rich Number: 31.36 Bulk Shear: 81.92 m/s