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: 43.83,-93.59 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 969 352 26.3 23.4 84 2.9 24.1 316 7 302.1 305.6 298.4 358.3 18.98 2 950 522 25.8 20.9 75 4.8 22.3 318 13 303.3 306.4 297.2 352.7 16.63 3 900 997 21.8 18.8 83 3.0 19.7 310 11 304.0 306.8 296.5 349.7 15.38 4 850 1492 18.6 16.1 86 2.4 16.9 277 7 305.6 308.1 295.8 346.6 13.70 5 800 2013 19.2 2.8 34 16.4 9.8 239 10 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.86 6 750 2565 17.3 0.2 32 17.0 7.8 231 18 315.3 316.3 292.2 331.8 5.19 7 700 3149 12.9 2.4 49 10.5 6.8 241 25 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.3 6.50 8 650 3767 7.9 -1.7 51 9.6 2.8 265 27 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.6 5.21 9 600 4420 1.8 -4.2 64 6.1 -1.2 263 28 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.67 10 550 5115 -3.4 -7.0 76 3.6 -5.1 249 37 320.0 320.8 292.6 333.4 4.12 11 500 5863 -8.3 -10.4 85 2.1 -9.2 250 46 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.5 3.47 12 450 6673 -13.7 -15.0 90 1.2 -14.2 256 40 326.0 326.5 293.0 335.0 2.66 13 400 7558 -19.3 -19.8 96 0.5 -19.5 263 35 329.9 330.3 293.5 336.8 1.98 14 350 8538 -25.9 -28.5 78 2.7 -26.4 246 30 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.7 1.04 15 300 9637 -33.9 -39.1 59 5.3 -34.5 237 34 337.7 337.7 294.1 339.3 0.43 16 250 10887 -44.1 -50.1 51 6.0 -44.4 234 33 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.16 17 200 12342 -56.2 -59.7 65 3.5 -56.3 235 32 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14134 -62.9 -72.0 28 9.1 -63.0 210 40 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.02 19 100 16649 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.2 231 20 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.72 m Freezing level: 582.57 mb = 4662.40 m = 15296.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.67 mb = 4222.87 m = 13854.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.02 mb = 718.36 m = 2356.79 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 28.44 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2698.62 m = 8853.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.64 C = 103.35 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1942.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.96 mb = 1270.80 m = 4169.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.96 mb = 3805.14 m = 12483.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.96 mb = 13104.63 m = 42993.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1938.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.96 mb = 16231.44 m = 53252.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.5 neg: -15.2 tot: 101.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 31.32 Bulk Shear: 62.02 m/s