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: 43.06,-96.46 Latitude: 43.06 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 966 408 30.4 25.5 75 4.9 26.7 152 7 306.6 310.7 300.9 372.3 21.72 2 950 553 31.3 21.7 57 9.6 24.2 164 15 308.9 312.2 299.1 361.8 17.42 3 900 1038 28.4 18.1 54 10.3 21.1 183 25 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.7 14.67 4 850 1543 24.6 15.7 58 8.9 18.4 199 30 311.9 314.4 297.3 352.8 13.33 5 800 2072 20.3 14.1 68 6.1 16.1 210 34 312.8 315.2 297.1 352.1 12.78 6 750 2626 16.1 11.6 75 4.5 13.1 225 36 314.0 316.2 296.5 349.8 11.52 7 700 3212 15.4 -3.1 28 18.4 5.6 240 29 319.5 320.4 292.7 333.7 4.36 8 650 3835 10.6 -8.1 26 18.7 1.7 251 28 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.5 3.19 9 600 4494 4.7 -12.1 28 16.8 -2.5 258 24 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.52 10 550 5194 -1.5 -17.5 28 16.0 -7.4 259 27 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.2 1.75 11 500 5943 -8.4 -19.2 41 10.8 -11.9 262 31 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.5 1.67 12 450 6751 -14.3 -29.3 27 15.0 -17.8 285 32 325.3 325.4 291.2 328.0 0.75 13 400 7634 -19.4 -42.7 11 23.4 -22.8 300 17 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.22 14 350 8611 -27.6 -39.4 32 11.8 -29.2 275 12 331.5 331.5 292.5 332.8 0.36 15 300 9697 -37.1 -47.8 32 10.7 -37.9 274 18 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.17 16 250 10931 -47.0 -57.3 30 10.3 -47.4 271 25 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12373 -56.7 -62.8 46 6.1 -56.8 288 37 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14182 -58.8 -76.1 9 17.4 -59.0 285 23 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16713 -62.0 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.2 225 15 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.40 m Freezing level: 562.28 mb = 5022.26 m = 16477.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4091.45 m = 13423.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.26 % Est. max temperature: 36.24 C = 97.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 1040.63 m = 3414.09 ft T: 28.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 44.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.05 mb = 2557.00 m = 8389.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.71 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3496.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.01 mb = 2093.39 m = 6867.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.01 mb = 4052.81 m = 13296.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.01 mb = 13659.27 m = 44813.34 ft B at Equ Level: 3465.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 341.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.61 Bulk Rich Number: 38.27 Bulk Shear: 91.35 m/s