MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-92.80 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 965 377 27.7 25.0 85 2.7 25.6 301 4 303.9 307.8 299.9 366.7 21.04 2 950 518 26.9 22.0 75 4.9 23.3 308 6 304.5 307.8 298.2 357.5 17.78 3 900 994 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.4 309 5 304.9 307.9 297.3 352.9 16.06 4 850 1490 20.0 15.2 74 4.9 16.7 271 4 307.1 309.5 295.7 345.9 12.85 5 800 2015 21.0 0.0 25 20.9 9.4 243 11 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.7 4.80 6 750 2569 17.9 0.3 30 17.6 8.1 246 18 316.0 317.0 292.4 332.6 5.21 7 700 3154 13.1 1.2 44 12.0 6.3 256 27 317.0 318.2 293.3 336.0 5.95 8 650 3772 8.0 -0.5 55 8.5 3.4 264 31 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.2 5.69 9 600 4426 2.1 -4.0 64 6.1 -1.0 265 31 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.8 4.75 10 550 5121 -3.3 -7.8 71 4.5 -5.4 255 31 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.8 3.86 11 500 5868 -8.8 -11.2 83 2.4 -9.8 256 42 322.3 323.0 292.6 333.2 3.26 12 450 6677 -13.8 -14.6 93 0.8 -14.1 261 37 325.9 326.4 293.1 335.1 2.73 13 400 7563 -19.1 -20.8 86 1.8 -19.6 267 35 330.2 330.6 293.4 336.6 1.82 14 350 8544 -25.7 -28.9 75 3.2 -26.3 249 30 334.1 334.3 293.8 337.8 1.00 15 300 9642 -33.9 -39.8 55 5.9 -34.6 238 32 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.2 0.40 16 250 10892 -44.1 -49.2 57 5.1 -44.4 234 30 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.17 17 200 12349 -55.6 -58.3 72 2.7 -55.7 227 34 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 18 150 14141 -63.7 -69.5 45 5.8 -63.8 207 36 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.02 19 100 16652 -61.3 -83.8 4 22.5 -61.6 236 22 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.77 m Freezing level: 580.91 mb = 4691.22 m = 15390.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.26 mb = 4273.88 m = 14021.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.17 % Est. max temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.30 mb = 721.03 m = 2365.57 ft T: 25.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 38.05 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2698.35 m = 8852.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.92 C = 103.86 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2503.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.41 mb = 1344.34 m = 4410.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.41 mb = 3526.72 m = 11570.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.41 mb = 13762.18 m = 45150.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2475.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 45.73 Bulk Shear: 54.75 m/s