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: 43.17,-95.00 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 965 420 27.5 24.8 85 2.7 25.5 133 11 303.8 307.6 299.8 366.0 20.86 2 950 554 27.4 23.7 80 3.8 24.6 140 19 305.0 308.7 299.5 364.3 19.75 3 900 1034 26.0 19.0 65 7.0 21.0 177 23 308.3 311.2 297.8 355.4 15.56 4 850 1536 22.8 16.4 67 6.4 18.3 200 25 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.5 13.93 5 800 2062 19.8 13.8 68 6.0 15.7 221 36 312.3 314.6 296.8 350.8 12.51 6 750 2617 17.4 8.0 54 9.4 11.4 241 36 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.6 8.99 7 700 3202 14.3 -2.9 30 17.2 5.2 257 22 318.3 319.2 292.4 332.6 4.42 8 650 3822 9.5 -5.1 35 14.6 2.2 258 35 319.7 320.5 292.5 332.9 4.03 9 600 4479 3.5 -7.3 45 10.7 -1.6 258 39 320.1 320.8 292.3 332.2 3.69 10 550 5177 -3.2 -9.0 64 5.8 -5.7 254 40 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.9 3.52 11 500 5922 -9.4 -11.9 82 2.5 -10.4 236 36 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.7 3.07 12 450 6728 -14.8 -15.5 95 0.6 -15.0 244 41 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.3 2.55 13 400 7608 -21.4 -22.2 94 0.7 -21.7 258 41 327.1 327.4 292.4 332.8 1.62 14 350 8580 -28.3 -30.7 80 2.4 -28.7 258 44 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.85 15 300 9665 -37.4 -39.7 79 2.3 -37.7 244 35 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.40 16 250 10896 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 260 38 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.9 0.11 17 200 12349 -54.2 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.4 243 39 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14162 -58.5 -75.6 9 17.1 -58.7 258 33 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16709 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.8 234 15 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.43 m Freezing level: 573.89 mb = 4843.37 m = 15890.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.06 mb = 4196.12 m = 13766.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.81 % Est. max temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.39 mb = 758.07 m = 2487.08 ft T: 26.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 33.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2545.26 m = 8350.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.63 C = 101.53 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -9.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3578.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.81 mb = 1599.06 m = 5246.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.81 mb = 3709.76 m = 12170.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.81 mb = 13417.42 m = 44019.88 ft B at Equ Level: 3560.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 416.0 neg: -14.4 tot: 401.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.78 Bulk Rich Number: 19.68 Bulk Shear: 181.87 m/s