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: 43.91,-92.57 Latitude: 43.91 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 965 366 27.3 24.9 87 2.4 25.5 161 6 303.6 307.4 299.8 366.0 20.92 2 950 499 26.8 23.1 80 3.7 24.0 170 11 304.4 308.0 299.0 361.3 19.04 3 900 976 23.0 20.8 88 2.1 21.5 188 16 305.2 308.4 298.2 357.5 17.48 4 850 1474 20.7 17.1 80 3.6 18.2 225 21 307.9 310.6 297.1 352.0 14.59 5 800 1999 20.6 10.1 51 10.4 13.8 244 26 313.1 314.9 295.1 343.3 9.76 6 750 2555 18.5 5.1 41 13.4 10.4 250 22 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.9 7.36 7 700 3143 14.5 1.9 42 12.6 7.2 261 21 318.5 319.7 294.0 338.5 6.26 8 650 3763 9.2 -0.4 51 9.6 3.9 275 23 319.4 320.5 293.8 337.8 5.73 9 600 4420 3.2 -3.2 62 6.5 -0.1 275 24 319.9 320.8 293.3 336.1 5.02 10 550 5118 -3.0 -6.2 78 3.2 -4.5 269 26 320.6 321.4 293.0 334.8 4.38 11 500 5864 -9.3 -11.9 81 2.6 -10.3 271 28 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.9 3.08 12 450 6675 -12.0 -27.4 27 15.4 -16.0 289 20 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.90 13 400 7565 -18.5 -28.0 43 9.5 -20.7 271 18 331.0 331.1 292.9 334.4 0.95 14 350 8547 -25.6 -39.0 27 13.4 -27.5 260 19 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.7 0.37 15 300 9644 -34.4 -49.7 20 15.3 -35.6 249 18 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.14 16 250 10890 -44.9 -47.4 76 2.5 -45.1 214 19 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.21 17 200 12348 -55.4 -57.4 78 2.0 -55.4 207 31 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 18 150 14139 -64.2 -69.2 51 4.9 -64.3 212 23 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16654 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 254 17 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.83 m Freezing level: 573.89 mb = 4784.29 m = 15696.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.20 mb = 4403.33 m = 14446.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.15 % Est. max temperature: 35.16 C = 95.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.42 mb = 673.15 m = 2208.47 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 34.54 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.92 mb = 2612.97 m = 8572.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.47 C = 104.84 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -9.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -7.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.40 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3200.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.06 mb = 1200.69 m = 3939.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.06 mb = 3609.22 m = 11841.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.06 mb = 14054.38 m = 46109.59 ft B at Equ Level: 3189.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 188.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 42.05 Bulk Shear: 76.13 m/s