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: 43.26,-95.27 Latitude: 43.26 Longitude: -95.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 440 28.0 24.3 80 3.7 25.2 137 6 304.5 308.2 299.7 364.9 20.20 2 950 554 28.4 22.7 71 5.7 24.2 143 13 306.0 309.4 299.0 361.7 18.55 3 900 1034 26.1 18.9 64 7.2 20.9 176 18 308.4 311.3 297.7 355.1 15.43 4 850 1536 22.5 16.6 69 5.9 18.4 197 22 309.7 312.4 297.2 352.8 14.13 5 800 2062 19.5 14.1 71 5.4 15.8 218 33 311.9 314.3 296.8 351.0 12.72 6 750 2616 16.5 9.6 64 6.9 12.1 234 37 314.5 316.5 295.7 345.9 10.08 7 700 3200 13.6 0.3 40 13.4 6.2 250 24 317.6 318.6 293.2 335.4 5.57 8 650 3820 9.3 -5.7 34 15.0 1.9 253 31 319.5 320.2 292.3 332.0 3.85 9 600 4476 3.3 -7.8 44 11.1 -1.9 253 35 319.9 320.6 292.1 331.5 3.54 10 550 5173 -3.2 -9.5 62 6.3 -6.0 254 40 320.3 320.9 292.1 331.4 3.38 11 500 5919 -9.6 -11.8 84 2.2 -10.5 250 38 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.6 3.10 12 450 6724 -15.1 -17.5 82 2.4 -15.9 260 39 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.6 2.14 13 400 7603 -21.2 -23.8 80 2.6 -21.8 262 38 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.4 1.40 14 350 8576 -28.1 -31.7 71 3.7 -28.7 255 44 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.7 0.77 15 300 9661 -37.2 -40.2 74 3.0 -37.5 250 34 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10893 -47.1 -51.3 62 4.2 -47.3 261 36 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.14 17 200 12344 -54.0 -62.5 35 8.5 -54.2 250 39 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14163 -58.5 -74.4 11 15.9 -58.7 256 34 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16710 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 236 14 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.03 m Freezing level: 574.78 mb = 4827.64 m = 15838.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4144.79 m = 13598.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.09 % Est. max temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.91 mb = 917.12 m = 3008.87 ft T: 26.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.54 C/km ThetaE index: 33.51 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.72 mb = 2482.70 m = 8145.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.33 C = 99.20 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -9.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.19 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3372.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.59 mb = 1725.96 m = 5662.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.59 mb = 3735.58 m = 12255.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.59 mb = 13500.18 m = 44291.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3332.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.2 neg: -13.3 tot: 340.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.91 Bulk Rich Number: 23.94 Bulk Shear: 140.89 m/s