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: 42.55,-94.58 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -94.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 970 365 27.8 24.7 83 3.1 25.5 154 11 303.6 307.4 299.7 365.0 20.59 2 950 545 28.2 22.1 70 6.1 23.7 161 22 305.8 309.1 298.6 359.5 17.91 3 900 1026 26.4 17.3 58 9.0 20.0 185 31 308.7 311.3 296.8 351.0 13.95 4 850 1527 22.6 15.4 64 7.3 17.6 203 28 309.9 312.3 296.5 349.5 13.02 5 800 2054 20.0 12.3 61 7.8 14.8 236 28 312.5 314.7 296.0 347.3 11.29 6 750 2608 16.7 8.9 60 7.8 11.7 260 20 314.7 316.5 295.4 344.5 9.57 7 700 3193 13.5 3.3 50 10.3 7.5 281 9 317.5 318.8 294.2 339.5 6.92 8 650 3812 9.3 -11.7 21 20.9 0.1 282 11 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.5 2.41 9 600 4468 3.9 -14.9 24 18.7 -3.6 296 11 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.4 2.01 10 550 5168 -0.9 -19.2 24 18.3 -7.4 319 14 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.2 1.52 11 500 5921 -6.4 -21.5 29 15.2 -11.2 324 11 325.3 325.5 291.7 330.0 1.37 12 450 6735 -12.5 -24.5 36 12.0 -15.9 300 13 327.5 327.8 292.2 331.7 1.17 13 400 7622 -19.6 -27.9 48 8.3 -21.5 302 17 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.96 14 350 8598 -26.8 -40.0 28 13.1 -28.6 293 17 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.34 15 300 9692 -35.2 -49.9 21 14.8 -36.3 268 17 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 16 250 10935 -45.1 -49.3 63 4.2 -45.4 284 25 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.17 17 200 12387 -56.5 -56.6 99 0.1 -56.5 311 26 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 14162 -64.5 -70.9 41 6.5 -64.6 317 26 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.02 19 100 16666 -61.1 -84.0 3 22.9 -61.3 314 8 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.23 m Freezing level: 559.82 mb = 5030.88 m = 16505.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.14 mb = 3835.59 m = 12583.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.70 % Est. max temperature: 35.56 C = 96.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.14 mb = 761.53 m = 2498.43 ft T: 27.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 37.66 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2687.71 m = 8817.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.15 C = 102.48 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2644.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.78 mb = 1757.36 m = 5765.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.78 mb = 3903.78 m = 12807.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.78 mb = 14049.22 m = 46092.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2605.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 325.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.33 Bulk Rich Number: 30.81 Bulk Shear: 85.84 m/s