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: 43.24,-96.50 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 418 30.6 25.0 72 5.6 26.4 158 7 306.9 310.8 300.7 370.8 21.13 2 950 554 31.2 21.8 57 9.4 24.2 167 14 308.8 312.1 299.1 362.1 17.54 3 900 1038 27.9 18.6 57 9.3 21.3 185 22 310.3 313.2 298.0 356.7 15.20 4 850 1542 24.1 16.1 61 8.0 18.5 200 29 311.4 314.0 297.4 353.4 13.70 5 800 2070 19.9 14.4 70 5.6 16.1 210 34 312.4 314.9 297.1 352.3 12.98 6 750 2624 16.0 11.2 73 4.9 12.9 224 36 314.0 316.1 296.3 348.7 11.19 7 700 3210 15.3 -2.6 29 17.9 5.7 239 30 319.4 320.3 292.8 334.0 4.50 8 650 3832 10.5 -7.7 27 18.2 1.8 250 29 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.8 3.31 9 600 4491 4.7 -13.0 26 17.7 -2.7 257 23 321.6 322.0 291.6 329.4 2.35 10 550 5192 -1.6 -17.6 28 16.0 -7.4 259 28 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.2 1.74 11 500 5941 -8.4 -19.4 41 11.0 -12.0 261 32 322.8 323.2 291.3 328.5 1.65 12 450 6748 -14.1 -30.0 25 15.9 -17.7 284 32 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.70 13 400 7633 -19.3 -41.7 12 22.4 -22.7 295 18 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.25 14 350 8609 -27.6 -39.9 30 12.3 -29.2 273 15 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.34 15 300 9695 -37.1 -47.5 33 10.4 -37.9 275 19 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.18 16 250 10928 -47.1 -56.7 33 9.6 -47.4 270 24 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12370 -56.9 -62.8 47 5.9 -57.0 285 37 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14179 -58.6 -76.2 9 17.6 -58.8 286 24 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16712 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.2 -62.0 225 15 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.31 m Freezing level: 562.56 mb = 5015.82 m = 16455.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.30 mb = 4085.75 m = 13404.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.82 % Est. max temperature: 35.75 C = 96.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.61 mb = 1130.14 m = 3707.75 ft T: 27.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 42.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.52 mb = 2493.14 m = 8179.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.25 C = 99.05 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -8.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 30.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3565.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.97 mb = 2027.20 m = 6650.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.97 mb = 3973.31 m = 13035.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.97 mb = 13813.61 m = 45319.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3512.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 318.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.22 Bulk Rich Number: 41.61 Bulk Shear: 85.69 m/s