MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43,-94.04 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -94.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 968 357 28.0 25.0 84 2.9 25.8 140 9 303.9 307.8 300.0 366.9 21.07 2 950 524 28.4 22.0 68 6.4 23.8 158 18 306.0 309.4 298.6 359.6 17.83 3 900 1006 29.9 15.2 41 14.7 19.7 193 34 312.3 314.6 296.6 349.8 12.17 4 850 1515 27.1 10.2 35 16.9 16.1 223 28 314.6 316.3 295.1 343.4 9.24 5 800 2047 23.0 7.4 37 15.6 13.2 231 31 315.6 317.2 294.6 341.1 8.10 6 750 2605 18.3 5.3 42 13.0 10.4 235 33 316.5 317.9 294.3 340.0 7.46 7 700 3191 13.5 2.8 48 10.7 7.3 242 33 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.8 6.71 8 650 3810 8.4 0.0 55 8.4 3.8 250 33 318.5 319.7 293.7 337.4 5.90 9 600 4466 2.9 -2.5 68 5.4 0.1 254 31 319.5 320.5 293.5 336.7 5.33 10 550 5164 -2.7 -5.0 84 2.3 -3.8 257 26 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.5 4.80 11 500 5913 -7.7 -8.4 95 0.7 -8.1 258 23 323.6 324.4 293.6 337.0 4.05 12 450 6726 -12.8 -13.2 96 0.4 -12.9 256 22 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.6 3.07 13 400 7613 -18.7 -18.9 98 0.2 -18.8 251 22 330.7 331.1 293.9 338.1 2.15 14 350 8595 -25.2 -25.5 97 0.3 -25.2 242 27 334.8 335.1 294.3 339.8 1.37 15 300 9694 -34.0 -35.2 90 1.1 -34.2 237 27 337.4 337.5 294.3 339.8 0.64 16 250 10941 -44.8 -45.9 88 1.1 -44.8 225 31 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.25 17 200 12395 -56.3 -58.5 77 2.1 -56.4 210 38 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 18 150 14188 -61.6 -73.7 18 12.1 -61.7 245 41 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16686 -62.0 -83.6 4 21.6 -62.3 225 23 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.22 m Freezing level: 574.21 mb = 4825.86 m = 15832.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.28 mb = 4488.83 m = 14726.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.96 % Est. max temperature: 39.19 C = 102.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.59 mb = 727.39 m = 2386.42 ft T: 29.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 30.41 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3115.51 m = 10221.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.28 C = 106.30 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.85 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 34.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2350.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 319.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.60 mb = 2214.81 m = 7266.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.60 mb = 3815.07 m = 12516.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.60 mb = 13422.22 m = 44035.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2335.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 391.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.34 Bulk Rich Number: 21.28 Bulk Shear: 110.45 m/s