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: 43.52,-94.99 Latitude: 43.52 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 432 26.7 24.1 86 2.6 24.8 138 8 303.1 306.8 299.2 362.5 19.99 2 950 557 27.1 23.0 79 4.0 24.1 145 15 304.7 308.2 299.0 361.4 18.99 3 900 1035 24.7 19.7 74 5.0 21.2 180 19 307.0 310.1 297.9 356.1 16.31 4 850 1536 21.4 17.4 78 4.1 18.6 209 21 308.6 311.4 297.4 353.6 14.83 5 800 2060 18.8 14.4 76 4.4 15.8 224 34 311.1 313.6 296.8 350.9 12.98 6 750 2613 16.1 9.8 66 6.3 12.0 238 35 314.0 316.0 295.7 345.7 10.21 7 700 3197 14.2 -2.0 33 16.2 5.5 254 22 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.4 4.73 8 650 3817 9.5 -7.2 30 16.7 1.5 257 28 319.7 320.4 292.0 330.9 3.43 9 600 4474 3.5 -8.7 40 12.2 -2.1 254 35 320.1 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.30 10 550 5171 -3.0 -10.5 56 7.5 -6.2 255 43 320.5 321.2 291.9 330.9 3.13 11 500 5917 -9.6 -11.9 83 2.3 -10.5 245 43 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.6 3.08 12 450 6722 -15.1 -15.2 99 0.1 -15.1 249 42 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.1 2.61 13 400 7601 -21.9 -22.1 98 0.2 -22.0 253 41 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.2 1.63 14 350 8571 -28.3 -30.0 86 1.7 -28.6 259 47 330.6 330.7 292.7 333.8 0.90 15 300 9657 -37.2 -39.9 76 2.6 -37.5 243 35 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.40 16 250 10887 -47.3 -50.1 73 2.8 -47.5 263 37 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 17 200 12340 -54.0 -62.9 33 8.9 -54.2 247 41 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14159 -58.1 -76.0 8 17.9 -58.3 257 32 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16708 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.6 237 15 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.99 m Freezing level: 573.11 mb = 4848.86 m = 15908.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.23 mb = 4083.51 m = 13397.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.31 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.05 mb = 763.98 m = 2506.45 ft T: 26.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 31.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2081.05 m = 6827.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.67 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -9.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.93 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3492.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.45 mb = 1469.50 m = 4821.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.45 mb = 3798.64 m = 12462.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.45 mb = 13313.90 m = 43680.25 ft B at Equ Level: 3474.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.6 neg: -20.1 tot: 307.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.78 Bulk Rich Number: 23.17 Bulk Shear: 150.74 m/s