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: 43.7,-96.11 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 475 29.2 23.9 73 5.4 25.2 219 4 306.0 309.7 299.8 365.6 19.80 2 950 555 28.8 21.6 65 7.2 23.5 222 6 306.4 309.7 298.4 358.7 17.38 3 900 1035 24.8 19.6 73 5.3 21.1 228 10 307.1 310.1 297.8 355.6 16.12 4 850 1535 21.2 17.3 79 3.9 18.5 220 15 308.3 311.1 297.3 353.2 14.80 5 800 2059 18.4 13.0 70 5.5 14.8 216 21 310.8 313.0 296.0 347.0 11.84 6 750 2611 15.6 8.1 61 7.5 10.9 222 25 313.5 315.2 294.7 341.6 9.06 7 700 3193 12.4 2.0 49 10.4 6.4 227 19 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.31 8 650 3810 8.4 -7.6 31 16.0 0.9 237 21 318.5 319.1 291.5 329.4 3.33 9 600 4465 3.2 -10.7 35 13.9 -2.9 248 33 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.82 10 550 5162 -3.1 -11.9 51 8.8 -6.7 250 41 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.8 2.80 11 500 5907 -9.5 -17.2 53 7.7 -12.1 255 40 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.99 12 450 6712 -15.1 -26.9 36 11.8 -18.0 265 40 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.5 0.94 13 400 7591 -21.4 -27.3 59 6.0 -22.7 276 35 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.8 1.02 14 350 8562 -28.7 -32.7 68 4.0 -29.3 266 39 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.70 15 300 9646 -37.3 -39.7 78 2.4 -37.5 265 37 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.41 16 250 10878 -47.3 -50.1 73 2.7 -47.4 268 34 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.16 17 200 12325 -54.9 -62.4 39 7.5 -55.1 262 33 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14152 -57.6 -76.2 8 18.6 -57.9 250 37 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16707 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 222 14 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.85 m Freezing level: 574.52 mb = 4820.17 m = 15814.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.32 mb = 3958.42 m = 12986.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.50 mb = 1157.30 m = 3796.86 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 36.50 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2199.79 m = 7217.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -8.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3330.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.41 mb = 1663.87 m = 5458.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.41 mb = 3283.70 m = 10773.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.41 mb = 13267.92 m = 43529.39 ft B at Equ Level: 3306.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.5 neg: -17.3 tot: 74.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.72 Bulk Rich Number: 66.14 Bulk Shear: 50.35 m/s