MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.59,-94.86 Latitude: 43.59 Longitude: -94.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 965 411 29.1 25.9 83 3.2 26.6 151 4 305.3 309.5 300.9 372.2 22.23 2 950 551 28.2 23.0 73 5.2 24.3 157 6 305.8 309.3 299.2 362.5 18.89 3 900 1030 23.9 21.1 84 2.8 21.9 183 5 306.2 309.5 298.6 359.5 17.75 4 850 1530 23.2 10.2 44 13.0 14.8 226 6 310.4 312.2 294.0 338.7 9.22 5 800 2057 20.8 3.4 32 17.4 10.6 251 9 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.5 6.13 6 750 2610 16.6 0.2 33 16.5 7.5 272 14 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.0 5.16 7 700 3192 12.3 -2.6 35 14.9 4.5 274 19 316.1 316.9 291.9 330.5 4.51 8 650 3808 7.6 -3.4 46 11.0 2.0 282 26 317.6 318.4 292.3 332.3 4.58 9 600 4462 2.4 -3.4 65 5.8 -0.6 289 34 318.9 319.9 293.0 334.9 4.96 10 550 5158 -3.0 -10.3 57 7.3 -6.1 290 41 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.0 3.17 11 500 5904 -9.6 -14.0 71 4.3 -11.2 291 45 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.0 2.60 12 450 6709 -14.9 -26.2 38 11.3 -17.7 294 31 324.6 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.00 13 400 7591 -20.0 -37.2 20 17.2 -22.9 291 34 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 14 350 8567 -27.2 -42.9 21 15.7 -29.1 293 32 332.1 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.25 15 300 9658 -35.2 -43.2 44 8.0 -36.0 286 32 335.7 335.8 293.5 336.8 0.28 16 250 10902 -45.2 -52.9 41 7.8 -45.5 276 33 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.11 17 200 12353 -55.9 -61.7 48 5.8 -56.1 262 29 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14152 -60.3 -74.3 14 14.0 -60.4 266 34 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16681 -62.5 -83.9 4 21.4 -62.7 218 12 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.86 m Freezing level: 577.75 mb = 4771.60 m = 15654.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.24 mb = 4310.05 m = 14140.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.78 % Est. max temperature: 36.12 C = 97.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.57 mb = 820.46 m = 2691.77 ft T: 25.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 41.74 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.68 mb = 2410.10 m = 7907.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.86 C = 100.14 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -9.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 28.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3487.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.50 mb = 1483.74 m = 4867.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.50 mb = 3078.44 m = 10099.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.50 mb = 13768.31 m = 45171.07 ft B at Equ Level: 3453.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 37.50 Bulk Shear: 93.00 m/s