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: 43.82,-95.64 Latitude: 43.82 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 957 468 27.8 22.9 75 4.9 24.2 16 11 304.7 308.2 298.8 360.5 18.66 2 950 532 27.6 21.8 71 5.8 23.3 15 14 305.2 308.5 298.2 357.7 17.54 3 900 1010 23.9 19.6 77 4.3 20.8 27 16 306.1 309.1 297.6 354.6 16.14 4 850 1509 21.2 17.5 79 3.7 18.6 75 6 308.4 311.2 297.4 353.6 14.96 5 800 2033 18.9 12.9 68 6.0 14.8 202 13 311.3 313.5 296.0 347.3 11.74 6 750 2587 17.5 7.4 51 10.1 11.2 212 36 315.5 317.2 294.9 342.6 8.63 7 700 3173 14.2 2.3 45 11.8 7.3 217 36 318.2 319.4 294.0 338.8 6.48 8 650 3793 9.5 -1.1 48 10.5 3.7 231 36 319.7 320.7 293.6 337.2 5.45 9 600 4451 4.1 -4.2 55 8.3 -0.1 243 34 320.9 321.8 293.3 336.1 4.68 10 550 5152 -2.1 -7.0 69 4.9 -4.4 254 30 321.6 322.4 293.1 335.2 4.12 11 500 5901 -8.1 -9.2 91 1.1 -8.6 262 33 323.2 323.9 293.3 335.7 3.80 12 450 6711 -13.4 -18.2 67 4.8 -15.0 262 35 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.4 2.03 13 400 7598 -18.6 -25.8 53 7.1 -20.4 253 36 330.7 331.0 293.0 335.0 1.17 14 350 8578 -26.5 -32.4 57 5.9 -27.6 245 36 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.7 0.72 15 300 9670 -35.6 -40.5 61 4.9 -36.2 234 37 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.6 0.37 16 250 10912 -45.4 -49.5 64 4.1 -45.6 221 36 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.17 17 200 12361 -56.6 -59.2 72 2.7 -56.6 235 40 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.07 18 150 14157 -62.1 -73.8 19 11.7 -62.2 243 57 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16668 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.6 232 25 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.69 m Freezing level: 566.62 mb = 4918.88 m = 16137.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.28 mb = 4433.92 m = 14546.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.63 mb = 1091.15 m = 3579.85 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 25.35 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.70 mb = 2727.25 m = 8947.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.33 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2762.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.05 mb = 1538.88 m = 5048.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.05 mb = 3894.68 m = 12777.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.05 mb = 13674.47 m = 44863.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2736.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.2 neg: -20.0 tot: 393.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.82 Bulk Rich Number: 13.00 Bulk Shear: 212.46 m/s