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: 43.37,-94.47 Latitude: 43.37 Longitude: -94.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 971 370 26.8 24.2 86 2.5 24.9 158 12 302.4 306.1 299.0 361.7 19.97 2 950 563 26.2 22.6 80 3.6 23.5 161 23 303.8 307.2 298.4 358.7 18.44 3 900 1040 24.2 19.7 76 4.5 21.0 184 24 306.5 309.5 297.8 355.4 16.28 4 850 1540 21.7 16.8 74 4.9 18.2 215 27 308.8 311.5 297.1 352.2 14.30 5 800 2065 19.1 14.0 72 5.1 15.6 231 37 311.5 313.9 296.7 350.3 12.63 6 750 2619 16.7 8.7 59 8.0 11.6 247 35 314.7 316.5 295.3 344.2 9.47 7 700 3203 13.8 0.4 40 13.4 6.3 269 27 317.8 318.9 293.3 335.7 5.62 8 650 3823 9.2 -5.0 36 14.2 2.1 250 28 319.3 320.1 292.4 332.5 4.04 9 600 4479 3.5 -7.4 45 10.8 -1.6 250 33 320.1 320.8 292.3 332.1 3.66 10 550 5177 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.7 252 37 320.5 321.1 292.3 332.0 3.50 11 500 5922 -9.8 -11.0 91 1.2 -10.3 244 36 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.0 3.30 12 450 6727 -15.3 -15.7 97 0.4 -15.4 232 39 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.4 2.50 13 400 7607 -21.2 -21.2 100 0.0 -21.2 256 46 327.5 327.8 292.7 333.6 1.76 14 350 8578 -28.4 -28.4 100 0.0 -28.4 259 42 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.3 1.05 15 300 9662 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 255 32 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10892 -47.1 -51.2 63 4.1 -47.3 249 37 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.14 17 200 12345 -54.0 -64.9 25 10.9 -54.2 241 44 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.03 18 150 14162 -57.3 -76.6 7 19.4 -57.5 247 24 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16709 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 241 16 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.33 m Freezing level: 573.43 mb = 4849.79 m = 15911.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.95 mb = 4184.35 m = 13728.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.02 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.27 mb = 691.64 m = 2269.13 ft T: 25.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 29.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2210.77 m = 7253.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.59 C = 97.86 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -9.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3324.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.33 mb = 1353.38 m = 4440.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.33 mb = 3780.00 m = 12401.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.33 mb = 13249.45 m = 43468.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3299.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 355.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.82 Bulk Rich Number: 23.80 Bulk Shear: 139.69 m/s