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: 43.5,-95.24 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 961 452 27.4 24.1 83 3.2 25.0 136 4 303.9 307.7 299.4 363.9 20.08 2 950 555 27.9 22.6 73 5.4 24.0 144 9 305.5 308.9 298.8 360.8 18.42 3 900 1034 25.2 19.3 70 5.9 21.0 179 15 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.4 15.86 4 850 1535 21.6 17.1 76 4.5 18.5 200 19 308.8 311.5 297.3 353.2 14.63 5 800 2060 18.8 14.4 75 4.4 15.8 219 33 311.2 313.7 296.8 351.0 13.00 6 750 2613 15.9 10.2 69 5.7 12.2 235 37 313.9 315.9 295.8 346.4 10.50 7 700 3196 13.3 1.7 45 11.7 6.6 248 23 317.2 318.4 293.5 336.9 6.17 8 650 3816 9.2 -6.4 33 15.6 1.6 251 27 319.4 320.1 292.1 331.4 3.65 9 600 4472 3.4 -8.9 40 12.4 -2.2 252 33 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.7 3.24 10 550 5169 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -6.3 254 44 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.6 3.02 11 500 5915 -9.7 -12.1 83 2.4 -10.6 249 43 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.2 3.02 12 450 6719 -15.3 -17.5 83 2.2 -16.0 260 42 324.0 324.4 292.1 331.3 2.15 13 400 7599 -21.4 -23.6 82 2.3 -22.0 259 39 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.42 14 350 8570 -28.2 -31.0 77 2.8 -28.7 256 44 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.82 15 300 9656 -37.1 -39.7 77 2.6 -37.4 249 34 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.40 16 250 10888 -47.3 -50.0 74 2.7 -47.4 264 34 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.16 17 200 12339 -53.9 -62.3 35 8.4 -54.1 252 40 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14162 -58.4 -74.1 12 15.7 -58.6 255 33 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16710 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 238 14 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.84 m Freezing level: 573.15 mb = 4846.30 m = 15899.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.97 mb = 4085.08 m = 13402.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 34.02 C = 93.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.65 mb = 862.33 m = 2829.12 ft T: 26.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 33.30 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2241.60 m = 7354.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.43 C = 95.77 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -9.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -7.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.86 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3333.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.37 mb = 1613.18 m = 5292.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.37 mb = 3595.17 m = 11795.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.37 mb = 13468.07 m = 44186.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3291.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 322.4 neg: -20.9 tot: 301.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.28 Bulk Rich Number: 26.05 Bulk Shear: 128.00 m/s