MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.08,-94.77 Latitude: 43.08 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 959 392 28.8 26.4 87 2.4 26.9 95 7 305.5 309.8 301.4 375.0 23.06 2 950 478 28.7 24.7 79 4.0 25.7 102 11 306.3 310.2 300.5 370.0 21.10 3 900 959 27.1 20.5 67 6.6 22.2 165 10 309.4 312.6 299.0 361.3 17.05 4 850 1465 25.4 14.5 51 10.8 17.9 213 19 312.7 315.1 296.8 350.8 12.35 5 800 1995 22.2 11.3 50 10.9 14.9 231 25 314.8 316.8 296.1 347.6 10.55 6 750 2554 20.1 4.3 35 15.7 10.6 242 22 318.4 319.7 294.4 340.6 6.98 7 700 3144 15.8 -1.6 30 17.5 6.3 256 19 320.0 321.0 293.3 335.8 4.85 8 650 3767 10.4 -5.3 33 15.7 2.5 267 18 320.7 321.5 292.7 333.7 3.96 9 600 4426 4.3 -8.4 39 12.7 -1.6 277 15 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.3 3.39 10 550 5125 -2.2 -10.0 55 7.8 -5.6 280 19 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.2 3.25 11 500 5873 -9.0 -13.7 69 4.7 -10.8 284 25 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.0 2.66 12 450 6683 -12.1 -33.0 16 20.8 -16.7 290 16 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.53 13 400 7572 -18.8 -38.7 16 19.9 -22.1 265 13 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.34 14 350 8552 -26.3 -38.5 31 12.3 -28.0 243 11 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 15 300 9646 -35.4 -41.4 54 6.0 -36.0 231 13 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.8 0.34 16 250 10887 -45.4 -52.6 44 7.2 -45.7 202 20 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.12 17 200 12338 -55.8 -59.6 62 3.8 -55.9 187 27 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14138 -60.3 -75.3 12 15.0 -60.4 244 22 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16663 -61.2 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.5 260 20 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.72 m Freezing level: 566.77 mb = 4890.74 m = 16045.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.32 mb = 4164.84 m = 13664.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.21 % Est. max temperature: 37.52 C = 99.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.04 mb = 695.90 m = 2283.10 ft T: 27.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.09 C/km ThetaE index: 45.13 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.16 mb = 2925.09 m = 9596.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.51 C = 108.51 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -10.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 557.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3902.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 249.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.67 mb = 1666.28 m = 5466.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.67 mb = 3694.03 m = 12119.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.67 mb = 13905.75 m = 45621.98 ft B at Equ Level: 3891.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.17 Bulk Rich Number: 40.53 Bulk Shear: 96.30 m/s