MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.94,-95.93 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -95.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 964 420 29.4 24.9 77 4.5 26.0 33 2 305.8 309.7 300.4 369.0 21.02 2 950 550 30.5 21.5 59 9.0 23.9 125 4 308.1 311.4 298.8 360.4 17.27 3 900 1033 27.6 18.3 57 9.4 20.9 176 11 310.0 312.8 297.7 355.2 14.83 4 850 1537 23.8 16.1 62 7.7 18.4 192 18 311.1 313.6 297.2 352.8 13.62 5 800 2065 20.2 13.8 67 6.4 15.8 205 29 312.7 315.0 296.9 351.2 12.50 6 750 2619 16.3 10.9 70 5.4 12.8 219 38 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.5 11.02 7 700 3203 13.4 1.0 43 12.4 6.4 237 27 317.3 318.4 293.3 336.1 5.90 8 650 3822 8.9 -6.1 34 15.1 1.5 245 28 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.2 3.72 9 600 4478 3.2 -7.5 46 10.6 -1.8 248 33 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.7 3.64 10 550 5175 -3.0 -10.1 58 7.2 -6.0 253 33 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.2 3.22 11 500 5921 -9.0 -14.9 62 5.9 -11.2 267 38 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.1 2.41 12 450 6727 -15.1 -23.8 48 8.7 -17.5 271 43 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.5 1.24 13 400 7606 -21.3 -26.3 64 5.0 -22.5 276 37 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.2 1.12 14 350 8578 -28.3 -31.9 71 3.6 -29.0 256 41 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.3 0.75 15 300 9664 -37.1 -40.7 69 3.6 -37.4 255 32 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.37 16 250 10896 -47.0 -51.6 60 4.5 -47.2 262 35 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 17 200 12346 -54.2 -61.9 38 7.7 -54.4 262 36 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14169 -58.7 -74.4 12 15.7 -58.9 250 37 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16709 -60.4 -84.1 3 23.7 -60.7 225 19 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.83 m Freezing level: 574.20 mb = 4837.50 m = 15870.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.90 mb = 4118.52 m = 13512.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.78 % Est. max temperature: 35.80 C = 96.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.44 mb = 998.46 m = 3275.75 ft T: 27.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 37.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.37 mb = 2603.30 m = 8540.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.84 C = 100.12 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 589.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3387.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.65 mb = 2003.28 m = 6572.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.65 mb = 3560.92 m = 11682.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.65 mb = 13351.41 m = 43803.30 ft B at Equ Level: 3368.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.7 neg: -3.0 tot: 321.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.87 Bulk Rich Number: 30.65 Bulk Shear: 110.50 m/s