MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-95.24 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 966 424 27.7 23.4 78 4.2 24.6 159 13 303.8 307.4 298.9 360.9 19.15 2 950 568 27.5 21.8 71 5.6 23.3 164 22 305.1 308.4 298.2 357.8 17.62 3 900 1046 24.9 19.5 72 5.3 21.1 184 32 307.1 310.2 297.8 355.7 16.10 4 850 1547 22.7 16.5 68 6.2 18.4 208 36 310.0 312.6 297.3 352.8 14.07 5 800 2074 19.6 14.2 71 5.4 16.0 227 37 312.1 314.5 297.0 351.6 12.87 6 750 2630 19.5 4.0 36 15.5 10.2 240 30 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.3 6.81 7 700 3219 15.9 -5.9 22 21.8 4.9 255 24 320.1 320.7 292.2 331.6 3.51 8 650 3842 10.6 -9.8 23 20.4 1.2 261 22 320.9 321.5 291.7 330.2 2.79 9 600 4500 4.5 -10.8 32 15.3 -2.2 273 19 321.3 321.9 291.9 330.7 2.81 10 550 5201 -1.9 -15.0 36 13.1 -7.0 275 19 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.17 11 500 5948 -8.7 -19.1 43 10.4 -12.1 277 26 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.2 1.69 12 450 6754 -15.0 -28.4 31 13.4 -18.1 292 29 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.82 13 400 7636 -20.0 -39.7 16 19.7 -23.1 315 19 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.30 14 350 8610 -28.0 -39.9 31 11.9 -29.6 289 11 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.34 15 300 9694 -37.7 -43.7 53 6.0 -38.2 272 17 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.27 16 250 10926 -46.9 -56.1 34 9.2 -47.3 284 30 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.6 0.08 17 200 12372 -55.7 -63.4 38 7.7 -55.9 289 29 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14183 -58.8 -77.3 7 18.6 -59.0 282 24 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16711 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.1 -62.0 234 27 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.21 m Freezing level: 564.80 mb = 4993.32 m = 16382.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.47 mb = 4066.80 m = 13342.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.55 % Est. max temperature: 35.14 C = 95.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.49 mb = 962.60 m = 3158.11 ft T: 25.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.99 C/km ThetaE index: 30.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.73 mb = 3186.02 m = 10452.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.59 C = 110.46 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 26.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 589.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3179.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 285.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.18 mb = 1596.41 m = 5237.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.18 mb = 4096.58 m = 13440.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.18 mb = 13388.16 m = 43923.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3160.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 415.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.09 Bulk Rich Number: 27.77 Bulk Shear: 114.51 m/s