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: 43.87,-95.8 Latitude: 43.87 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 958 485 28.0 24.0 79 4.0 25.0 165 10 304.8 308.5 299.6 364.5 19.95 2 950 562 27.9 22.8 74 5.1 24.2 169 15 305.5 309.0 299.0 361.7 18.73 3 900 1040 24.6 20.4 78 4.2 21.6 188 23 306.9 310.1 298.4 358.2 17.04 4 850 1541 21.3 18.1 82 3.2 19.1 209 30 308.5 311.4 297.8 355.7 15.59 5 800 2065 18.5 15.1 81 3.3 16.1 223 40 310.8 313.4 297.2 352.5 13.63 6 750 2619 18.3 5.1 42 13.1 10.3 235 33 316.4 317.8 294.3 339.7 7.38 7 700 3207 15.5 -2.9 28 18.3 5.7 246 27 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.0 4.43 8 650 3829 10.1 -6.9 30 17.0 1.8 250 24 320.4 321.1 292.2 331.9 3.51 9 600 4487 4.1 -10.7 33 14.9 -2.4 255 22 320.9 321.5 291.8 330.3 2.81 10 550 5186 -2.1 -15.7 34 13.6 -7.2 262 26 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.5 2.04 11 500 5934 -8.6 -21.3 35 12.7 -12.5 266 32 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.40 12 450 6742 -13.9 -32.3 20 18.4 -17.9 284 29 325.7 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.57 13 400 7626 -19.6 -36.8 20 17.2 -22.6 291 19 329.5 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.41 14 350 8601 -27.9 -40.5 29 12.6 -29.5 273 20 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.32 15 300 9686 -37.4 -47.2 35 9.8 -38.2 279 23 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 16 250 10917 -47.4 -53.9 47 6.5 -47.7 269 24 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12357 -56.9 -62.5 49 5.6 -57.0 278 38 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14168 -58.4 -77.9 6 19.5 -58.6 281 23 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16707 -61.0 -83.9 3 22.9 -61.3 233 24 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.48 m Freezing level: 566.73 mb = 4952.35 m = 16247.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.24 mb = 4109.12 m = 13481.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.46 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.20 mb = 989.43 m = 3246.13 ft T: 24.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 37.14 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1952.05 m = 6404.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -8.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.71 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3660.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.37 mb = 1506.06 m = 4941.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.37 mb = 3849.83 m = 12630.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.37 mb = 13826.17 m = 45360.90 ft B at Equ Level: 3601.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 307.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.95 Bulk Rich Number: 42.70 Bulk Shear: 85.71 m/s