MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.08,-95.75 Latitude: 43.08 Longitude: -95.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 954 432 25.1 24.4 96 0.7 24.6 66 5 302.3 306.1 299.4 363.4 20.62 2 950 472 26.2 24.6 91 1.6 25.0 77 8 303.8 307.7 299.9 366.3 20.94 3 900 955 29.8 17.4 47 12.4 21.0 177 14 312.3 314.9 297.8 355.5 14.06 4 850 1464 27.4 13.1 41 14.3 17.7 204 17 314.9 317.1 296.6 349.9 11.24 5 800 1998 23.5 10.6 44 12.9 15.0 218 21 316.2 318.1 296.1 347.9 10.11 6 750 2558 19.7 6.8 43 12.9 11.6 236 24 318.0 319.6 295.4 344.3 8.32 7 700 3147 15.4 -0.7 33 16.1 6.5 246 20 319.5 320.5 293.4 336.3 5.20 8 650 3769 10.2 -5.1 34 15.3 2.5 243 18 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.6 4.02 9 600 4428 4.4 -8.7 38 13.1 -1.7 249 19 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.1 3.30 10 550 5128 -2.1 -11.9 47 9.8 -6.1 260 23 321.6 322.2 292.0 330.9 2.80 11 500 5875 -9.1 -15.0 62 6.0 -11.2 264 28 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.0 2.38 12 450 6683 -12.9 -33.5 16 20.6 -17.3 264 19 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.50 13 400 7571 -19.0 -32.6 29 13.6 -21.7 263 15 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.6 0.62 14 350 8550 -26.5 -38.5 31 12.0 -28.3 255 13 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.39 15 300 9643 -35.1 -45.6 34 10.4 -36.1 262 11 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 16 250 10887 -45.1 -53.4 39 8.3 -45.5 298 14 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.11 17 200 12341 -55.2 -59.0 62 3.9 -55.2 302 38 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14134 -63.4 -69.0 46 5.7 -63.4 327 23 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16653 -60.8 -84.4 3 23.6 -61.1 247 12 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.82 m Freezing level: 566.19 mb = 4901.06 m = 16079.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.97 mb = 4158.39 m = 13642.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.82 % Est. max temperature: 38.74 C = 101.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.70 mb = 512.83 m = 1682.49 ft T: 26.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 37.40 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.95 mb = 3220.20 m = 10564.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.26 C = 108.06 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3045.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 345.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.23 mb = 2126.42 m = 6976.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.23 mb = 3984.39 m = 13071.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.23 mb = 14001.72 m = 45936.83 ft B at Equ Level: 3014.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 215.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.54 Bulk Shear: 81.13 m/s