MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.83,-94.61 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 968 355 28.3 24.1 78 4.2 25.2 167 17 304.2 307.9 299.4 363.5 19.84 2 950 522 27.8 22.8 74 5.1 24.1 169 29 305.4 308.9 299.0 361.4 18.68 3 900 1001 26.0 19.3 66 6.8 21.2 184 42 308.3 311.3 298.0 356.2 15.81 4 850 1505 24.3 14.7 55 9.6 17.7 206 44 311.6 314.0 296.6 349.9 12.48 5 800 2034 21.5 11.5 53 10.0 14.8 225 45 314.1 316.1 296.0 347.3 10.72 6 750 2591 19.3 6.2 42 13.2 11.2 238 44 317.6 319.1 295.0 342.7 7.93 7 700 3181 16.0 0.4 35 15.6 7.2 246 31 320.2 321.3 293.9 338.4 5.63 8 650 3805 10.5 -2.7 40 13.1 3.5 234 24 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.5 4.84 9 600 4464 4.4 -4.6 52 9.0 -0.1 232 19 321.3 322.1 293.3 336.1 4.54 10 550 5164 -2.3 -6.9 71 4.6 -4.5 233 17 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.9 4.13 11 500 5912 -8.9 -9.7 94 0.8 -9.2 230 18 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.3 3.66 12 450 6720 -13.6 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.7 249 26 326.2 326.8 293.3 336.0 2.90 13 400 7606 -19.7 -20.0 98 0.3 -19.8 265 28 329.3 329.7 293.3 336.1 1.95 14 350 8582 -27.4 -28.7 89 1.3 -27.7 272 25 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.02 15 300 9673 -35.9 -38.9 74 3.0 -36.2 271 27 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.44 16 250 10912 -46.0 -47.4 85 1.5 -46.1 261 28 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.5 0.21 17 200 12356 -57.3 -60.7 65 3.4 -57.4 265 36 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14161 -58.9 -77.7 7 18.7 -59.2 265 37 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16687 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.0 260 6 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.77 m Freezing level: 567.26 mb = 4922.58 m = 16149.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.36 mb = 4445.34 m = 14584.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.39 % Est. max temperature: 37.13 C = 98.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.52 mb = 888.71 m = 2915.68 ft T: 26.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.11 C/km ThetaE index: 29.15 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3129.15 m = 10266.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.88 C = 110.98 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3357.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.47 mb = 1624.18 m = 5328.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.47 mb = 4016.96 m = 13178.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.47 mb = 13621.61 m = 44689.79 ft B at Equ Level: 3329.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 549.0 neg: -5.0 tot: 544.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 181.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.83 Bulk Rich Number: 42.25 Bulk Shear: 79.46 m/s