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: 43.29,-96.34 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 964 427 30.2 24.4 71 5.8 25.8 162 9 306.5 310.3 300.2 367.8 20.33 2 950 556 30.6 21.8 60 8.8 24.1 167 16 308.2 311.5 299.0 361.4 17.56 3 900 1038 27.3 19.0 61 8.3 21.3 184 24 309.6 312.5 298.1 356.9 15.55 4 850 1543 23.8 16.4 63 7.4 18.6 203 29 311.1 313.7 297.4 353.7 13.94 5 800 2070 19.8 14.4 71 5.3 16.1 213 35 312.2 314.7 297.1 352.2 13.02 6 750 2624 16.5 10.2 66 6.3 12.4 226 35 314.5 316.5 296.0 347.0 10.48 7 700 3211 15.4 -3.1 28 18.5 5.6 240 29 319.5 320.4 292.7 333.6 4.34 8 650 3833 10.5 -7.9 27 18.4 1.7 249 29 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.6 3.24 9 600 4492 4.6 -12.3 28 16.9 -2.6 258 22 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.8 2.48 10 550 5192 -1.6 -17.7 28 16.1 -7.4 261 27 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.73 11 500 5941 -8.4 -19.3 41 10.9 -12.0 264 32 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.5 1.65 12 450 6748 -14.2 -30.0 25 15.8 -17.8 284 31 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.70 13 400 7632 -19.4 -41.0 13 21.6 -22.7 297 18 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.26 14 350 8609 -27.7 -39.8 30 12.1 -29.3 272 15 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 15 300 9695 -37.2 -47.1 35 9.9 -37.9 276 19 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.18 16 250 10927 -47.1 -55.9 36 8.8 -47.4 271 24 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12368 -56.9 -62.8 47 5.9 -57.0 284 37 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14178 -58.6 -76.5 8 17.9 -58.9 285 24 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16711 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.0 226 17 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.89 m Freezing level: 562.90 mb = 5011.43 m = 16441.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.91 mb = 4091.37 m = 13422.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.85 % Est. max temperature: 35.49 C = 95.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.98 mb = 1166.85 m = 3828.19 ft T: 26.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 39.77 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2534.81 m = 8316.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.66 C = 99.79 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -8.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 582.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3527.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.88 mb = 1941.79 m = 6370.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.88 mb = 4000.68 m = 13125.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.88 mb = 13507.03 m = 44313.85 ft B at Equ Level: 3519.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 318.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.35 Bulk Rich Number: 39.90 Bulk Shear: 88.41 m/s