MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.49,-92.75 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -92.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 969 383 30.2 26.5 81 3.7 27.4 178 13 306.1 310.4 301.5 375.8 23.05 2 950 557 28.2 23.8 77 4.4 24.9 180 21 305.8 309.5 299.8 365.6 19.90 3 900 1036 23.7 21.6 88 2.1 22.2 186 25 305.9 309.3 298.9 361.1 18.37 4 850 1535 22.8 13.8 57 8.9 16.7 221 35 310.0 312.2 295.7 346.0 11.79 5 800 2065 22.5 8.4 40 14.1 13.5 229 40 315.2 316.8 294.8 342.3 8.68 6 750 2622 18.2 8.2 52 10.0 11.9 228 39 316.4 318.1 295.6 345.1 9.15 7 700 3209 14.4 3.7 48 10.7 8.0 242 32 318.4 319.8 294.6 341.1 7.13 8 650 3831 9.9 -6.3 31 16.3 1.9 260 19 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.2 3.66 9 600 4488 4.3 -12.8 28 17.1 -2.9 263 21 321.0 321.5 291.4 329.0 2.37 10 550 5188 -1.6 -14.5 37 12.9 -6.7 268 24 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.26 11 500 5937 -8.1 -16.3 52 8.2 -11.1 270 24 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.4 2.13 12 450 6747 -13.8 -22.1 49 8.3 -16.2 280 20 325.9 326.2 292.0 331.0 1.45 13 400 7632 -19.8 -24.3 67 4.5 -21.0 286 32 329.2 329.5 292.8 334.0 1.34 14 350 8609 -26.7 -35.8 42 9.1 -28.2 291 33 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.7 0.52 15 300 9702 -35.4 -50.2 21 14.8 -36.5 292 30 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 16 250 10943 -45.6 -53.1 43 7.5 -45.9 286 29 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 17 200 12395 -55.7 -64.3 33 8.6 -55.9 244 15 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14198 -61.9 -75.8 14 13.9 -62.1 292 42 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16705 -62.2 -83.7 4 21.5 -62.4 243 11 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.14 m Freezing level: 563.74 mb = 4995.84 m = 16390.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.10 mb = 4086.00 m = 13405.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.17 % Est. max temperature: 37.20 C = 98.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.41 mb = 847.16 m = 2779.37 ft T: 25.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 33.48 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.96 mb = 2508.15 m = 8228.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.15 C = 104.27 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: -9.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3982.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.84 mb = 1313.83 m = 4310.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.84 mb = 3491.43 m = 11454.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.84 mb = 14329.60 m = 47012.57 ft B at Equ Level: 3941.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.8 neg: -7.9 tot: 303.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.23 Bulk Rich Number: 51.72 Bulk Shear: 77.00 m/s