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: 43.90,-92.96 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 965 382 27.1 24.5 86 2.6 25.2 300 5 303.3 307.1 299.5 364.3 20.45 2 950 517 26.5 22.0 77 4.5 23.2 306 8 304.1 307.4 298.1 357.2 17.84 3 900 993 22.4 19.5 83 2.9 20.4 306 7 304.6 307.6 297.2 352.5 16.06 4 850 1489 19.7 15.4 76 4.3 16.7 274 4 306.8 309.2 295.7 345.9 13.01 5 800 2013 20.7 0.2 25 20.6 9.4 241 11 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.6 4.85 6 750 2567 17.8 0.4 31 17.4 8.0 244 19 315.8 316.9 292.4 332.5 5.25 7 700 3152 13.1 0.7 43 12.4 6.2 259 29 317.0 318.2 293.2 335.4 5.77 8 650 3769 7.7 -1.3 53 9.0 2.9 267 34 317.7 318.7 293.0 334.8 5.35 9 600 4423 1.9 -4.1 65 5.9 -1.1 262 34 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.5 4.72 10 550 5118 -3.4 -7.5 73 4.1 -5.3 249 34 320.0 320.8 292.5 332.9 3.95 11 500 5864 -8.7 -10.6 86 1.9 -9.5 255 45 322.5 323.1 292.7 333.8 3.42 12 450 6674 -13.5 -14.0 96 0.5 -13.7 264 40 326.2 326.8 293.3 336.0 2.89 13 400 7560 -19.3 -20.0 95 0.6 -19.6 265 38 329.9 330.2 293.5 336.7 1.96 14 350 8541 -25.7 -28.5 77 2.9 -26.3 248 30 334.1 334.4 293.8 337.9 1.04 15 300 9639 -33.8 -40.3 52 6.5 -34.6 236 33 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.2 0.38 16 250 10889 -44.1 -49.6 54 5.6 -44.4 236 31 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.16 17 200 12346 -55.8 -58.8 69 3.0 -55.9 230 33 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.07 18 150 14139 -63.7 -69.9 43 6.2 -63.8 208 37 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.02 19 100 16650 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.7 -61.5 233 22 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.72 m Freezing level: 582.52 mb = 4665.46 m = 15306.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.72 mb = 4238.03 m = 13904.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.93 % Est. max temperature: 34.96 C = 94.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.38 mb = 710.49 m = 2330.99 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 35.70 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.04 mb = 2680.65 m = 8794.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.71 C = 103.48 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2430.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.28 mb = 1304.58 m = 4280.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.28 mb = 3600.98 m = 11814.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.28 mb = 13610.10 m = 44652.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2412.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -6.0 tot: 117.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 41.16 Bulk Shear: 59.06 m/s