MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-94.33 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 968 339 29.9 27.0 84 2.9 27.6 162 4 305.9 310.3 301.9 377.6 23.72 2 950 502 29.5 23.5 70 6.0 25.0 176 8 307.1 310.7 299.8 366.0 19.52 3 900 983 25.6 20.8 75 4.8 22.1 202 11 307.9 311.2 298.8 360.8 17.46 4 850 1485 21.9 17.9 78 4.0 19.1 224 15 309.1 312.0 297.8 355.8 15.37 5 800 2010 18.9 15.3 80 3.5 16.4 223 26 311.2 313.9 297.4 353.6 13.83 6 750 2564 17.8 8.8 56 8.9 12.0 230 41 315.8 317.7 295.7 345.7 9.53 7 700 3152 15.1 2.3 42 12.8 7.6 237 37 319.2 320.5 294.3 340.0 6.48 8 650 3775 10.8 -2.0 41 12.8 3.9 238 31 321.2 322.2 293.7 337.7 5.08 9 600 4436 5.2 -7.0 41 12.2 -0.7 239 26 322.1 322.9 292.9 334.6 3.78 10 550 5138 -1.3 -8.9 56 7.5 -4.7 244 26 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.3 3.55 11 500 5888 -8.2 -11.8 75 3.6 -9.6 238 25 323.0 323.7 292.6 333.4 3.10 12 450 6695 -15.2 -16.1 93 0.9 -15.5 228 29 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.3 2.42 13 400 7574 -21.5 -29.8 47 8.3 -23.2 256 33 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.81 14 350 8547 -27.2 -33.6 55 6.4 -28.3 251 24 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.4 0.64 15 300 9638 -35.9 -37.8 83 1.9 -36.1 238 20 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.6 0.49 16 250 10876 -46.4 -48.2 81 1.9 -46.4 259 22 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.19 17 200 12318 -58.2 -60.1 79 1.9 -58.2 278 23 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.06 18 150 14095 -62.3 -70.4 33 8.1 -62.4 229 25 362.7 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.02 19 100 16629 -61.0 -83.7 3 22.8 -61.2 216 15 409.9 409.9 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.29 m Freezing level: 560.22 mb = 4994.21 m = 16384.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.48 mb = 4333.37 m = 14216.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.50 mb = 705.53 m = 2314.71 ft T: 27.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 47.65 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.85 mb = 1765.73 m = 5793.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -9.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 26.11 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4517.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.46 mb = 1438.62 m = 4719.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.46 mb = 3653.55 m = 11986.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.46 mb = 14117.97 m = 46318.24 ft B at Equ Level: 4512.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 176.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.75 Bulk Rich Number: 72.57 Bulk Shear: 62.25 m/s