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 Latitude: 43.50 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 107 SFC 963 435 26.7 24.1 86 2.6 24.7 136 8 303.1 306.8 299.2 362.5 19.98 2 950 557 27.1 23.1 79 4.0 24.2 144 16 304.7 308.2 299.0 361.6 19.04 3 900 1035 24.8 19.7 74 5.1 21.2 179 20 307.1 310.1 298.0 356.2 16.30 4 850 1536 21.5 17.4 77 4.1 18.6 208 21 308.6 311.4 297.4 353.6 14.83 5 800 2060 18.8 14.4 75 4.4 15.8 223 34 311.2 313.7 296.8 350.9 12.97 6 750 2613 16.1 9.8 66 6.4 12.0 238 36 314.1 316.0 295.7 345.7 10.18 7 700 3197 14.2 -2.2 32 16.4 5.5 254 22 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.67 8 650 3818 9.5 -7.2 30 16.7 1.5 257 28 319.7 320.4 292.0 331.0 3.42 9 600 4474 3.5 -8.7 40 12.2 -2.1 254 35 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.30 10 550 5172 -3.0 -10.5 56 7.6 -6.2 255 43 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.9 3.12 11 500 5917 -9.5 -11.9 83 2.3 -10.5 244 43 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.6 3.08 12 450 6723 -15.1 -15.1 100 0.1 -15.1 249 43 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.2 2.63 13 400 7602 -21.9 -22.1 99 0.2 -22.0 252 41 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.1 1.63 14 350 8572 -28.3 -29.9 86 1.6 -28.6 259 47 330.6 330.7 292.7 333.9 0.91 15 300 9658 -37.2 -39.9 76 2.7 -37.5 242 34 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.40 16 250 10888 -47.4 -50.1 74 2.7 -47.5 263 37 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 17 200 12340 -54.0 -62.9 33 8.9 -54.2 248 41 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 18 150 14159 -58.2 -76.0 8 17.8 -58.4 258 33 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16708 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.6 236 15 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.63 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4851.84 m = 15917.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.06 mb = 4086.05 m = 13405.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.05 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.99 mb = 764.32 m = 2507.57 ft T: 26.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 31.50 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2097.79 m = 6882.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.93 C = 94.87 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -9.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3500.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.83 mb = 1475.66 m = 4841.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.83 mb = 3806.83 m = 12489.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.83 mb = 13337.01 m = 43756.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3480.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.5 neg: -19.8 tot: 316.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.97 Bulk Rich Number: 22.47 Bulk Shear: 155.80 m/s