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: 42.97,-95.51 Latitude: 42.97 Longitude: -95.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 963 433 29.2 23.6 72 5.6 25.0 144 7 305.7 309.3 299.4 363.8 19.35 2 950 551 29.8 21.6 62 8.2 23.8 147 15 307.4 310.7 298.7 359.8 17.37 3 900 1034 27.5 18.1 57 9.4 20.8 173 20 309.9 312.7 297.6 354.6 14.69 4 850 1538 23.7 16.0 62 7.7 18.3 193 22 311.0 313.5 297.1 352.4 13.55 5 800 2066 20.2 13.7 66 6.4 15.8 214 31 312.6 315.0 296.8 350.9 12.43 6 750 2620 16.7 10.0 64 6.7 12.3 227 38 314.7 316.7 296.0 346.9 10.33 7 700 3205 13.9 -1.2 35 15.1 5.7 248 27 317.9 318.8 292.7 333.9 4.99 8 650 3825 9.2 -5.9 34 15.1 1.8 251 33 319.4 320.1 292.2 331.8 3.80 9 600 4481 2.8 -6.8 49 9.6 -1.7 248 35 319.4 320.2 292.2 331.9 3.84 10 550 5177 -3.6 -8.1 71 4.5 -5.6 255 35 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.2 3.79 11 500 5922 -9.4 -11.2 87 1.8 -10.1 267 36 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.3 3.26 12 450 6728 -15.0 -19.0 72 4.0 -16.2 273 34 324.4 324.8 292.0 330.9 1.90 13 400 7607 -21.1 -25.3 69 4.2 -22.1 268 36 327.6 327.9 292.2 332.0 1.23 14 350 8580 -27.8 -33.4 59 5.6 -28.7 254 46 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.65 15 300 9666 -37.2 -41.5 64 4.4 -37.6 256 33 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.33 16 250 10898 -47.1 -52.2 56 5.1 -47.3 260 38 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.12 17 200 12349 -54.1 -62.1 37 8.0 -54.3 253 37 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14165 -58.8 -74.8 11 16.0 -59.0 256 37 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16709 -60.1 -84.3 3 24.1 -60.4 233 15 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.98 m Freezing level: 577.95 mb = 4787.68 m = 15707.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.29 mb = 4155.63 m = 13633.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.50 % Est. max temperature: 35.69 C = 96.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.59 mb = 1156.16 m = 3793.11 ft T: 26.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 31.97 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2789.59 m = 9152.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.08 C = 102.35 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -8.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 604.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3223.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.92 mb = 2001.41 m = 6566.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.92 mb = 3813.24 m = 12510.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.92 mb = 13340.46 m = 43767.39 ft B at Equ Level: 3196.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 357.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.42 Bulk Rich Number: 22.90 Bulk Shear: 140.78 m/s