MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.8,-94.83 Latitude: 43.80 Longitude: -94.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 966 389 30.9 24.5 69 6.4 26.1 176 17 307.1 310.9 300.4 369.0 20.47 2 950 533 29.3 22.2 66 7.0 24.0 180 26 306.9 310.3 299.0 361.3 18.05 3 900 1013 24.9 19.8 74 5.0 21.2 187 34 307.1 310.2 298.0 356.6 16.41 4 850 1513 22.1 15.7 67 6.4 17.7 203 42 309.3 311.8 296.6 349.8 13.34 5 800 2042 22.4 9.9 45 12.4 14.3 215 46 315.0 316.8 295.5 345.0 9.63 6 750 2600 19.0 6.6 44 12.4 11.3 222 41 317.2 318.8 295.0 343.0 8.18 7 700 3189 15.2 2.7 43 12.5 7.9 232 31 319.3 320.6 294.4 340.6 6.64 8 650 3811 10.4 -2.9 39 13.2 3.4 231 17 320.7 321.6 293.4 336.2 4.76 9 600 4470 4.8 -8.9 36 13.8 -1.5 249 12 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.5 3.24 10 550 5171 -1.6 -10.2 52 8.6 -5.4 271 16 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.8 3.19 11 500 5921 -8.7 -11.7 79 3.0 -9.9 273 21 322.5 323.1 292.5 332.8 3.12 12 450 6727 -14.5 -16.6 84 2.2 -15.2 272 23 325.0 325.5 292.5 332.9 2.31 13 400 7611 -20.3 -20.9 95 0.6 -20.5 275 27 328.6 328.9 293.0 334.9 1.81 14 350 8586 -27.2 -29.7 79 2.5 -27.6 271 25 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.5 0.93 15 300 9677 -35.8 -38.0 80 2.2 -36.1 273 27 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.8 0.48 16 250 10918 -45.6 -46.8 88 1.1 -45.7 263 27 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.23 17 200 12367 -56.1 -61.8 49 5.6 -56.3 265 36 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14164 -62.3 -76.7 13 14.4 -62.4 272 37 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16678 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.6 250 11 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.46 m Freezing level: 562.57 mb = 4995.24 m = 16388.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.46 mb = 4260.82 m = 13978.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.13 % Est. max temperature: 36.89 C = 98.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.14 mb = 1198.64 m = 3932.50 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 36.55 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.53 mb = 2953.69 m = 9690.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.17 C = 107.90 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: -8.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 33.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3344.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 250.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.94 mb = 1617.19 m = 5305.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.94 mb = 4004.10 m = 13136.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.94 mb = 13961.19 m = 45803.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3316.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.4 neg: -10.1 tot: 340.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.05 Bulk Rich Number: 63.45 Bulk Shear: 52.71 m/s