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: 43.93,-94.96 Latitude: 43.93 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 963 397 28.8 24.3 77 4.5 25.4 163 15 305.2 309.0 299.8 366.1 20.28 2 950 517 28.4 23.4 74 5.1 24.7 167 24 306.1 309.7 299.5 364.3 19.37 3 900 996 25.5 20.8 75 4.8 22.1 182 35 307.8 311.1 298.8 360.6 17.43 4 850 1500 24.8 14.6 53 10.2 17.8 207 45 312.1 314.5 296.7 350.2 12.38 5 800 2030 21.8 11.4 52 10.4 14.9 223 47 314.4 316.4 296.1 347.5 10.66 6 750 2588 19.6 5.9 41 13.7 11.1 235 46 317.8 319.3 294.9 342.5 7.78 7 700 3178 16.3 -0.4 32 16.8 6.9 241 32 320.6 321.6 293.7 337.7 5.30 8 650 3802 10.8 -3.6 36 14.4 3.2 237 24 321.2 322.0 293.3 335.8 4.50 9 600 4462 4.2 -4.9 52 9.1 -0.3 242 23 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.5 4.44 10 550 5161 -3.1 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.3 243 25 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.3 4.58 11 500 5908 -8.2 -8.8 96 0.6 -8.5 242 27 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.0 3.94 12 450 6718 -13.2 -13.5 98 0.3 -13.3 246 25 326.6 327.2 293.5 336.8 3.01 13 400 7604 -19.9 -20.0 100 0.0 -20.0 261 24 329.1 329.5 293.3 335.9 1.96 14 350 8580 -27.3 -29.6 81 2.3 -27.8 266 24 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.3 0.94 15 300 9670 -35.8 -41.2 58 5.4 -36.4 267 29 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.3 0.35 16 250 10910 -46.1 -47.8 82 1.8 -46.2 258 30 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.20 17 200 12353 -57.5 -59.9 74 2.4 -57.6 267 34 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.06 18 150 14157 -58.5 -77.6 7 19.2 -58.7 265 40 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.4 0.01 19 100 16686 -61.6 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.9 242 5 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.62 m Freezing level: 571.25 mb = 4863.65 m = 15956.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4398.22 m = 14429.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 37.26 C = 99.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.78 mb = 969.11 m = 3179.45 ft T: 25.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 30.82 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.52 mb = 3038.62 m = 9969.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.33 C = 109.99 F Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3801.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 280.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.00 mb = 1582.85 m = 5193.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.00 mb = 3840.41 m = 12599.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.00 mb = 13871.12 m = 45508.37 ft B at Equ Level: 3752.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 543.2 neg: -16.0 tot: 527.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.44 Bulk Rich Number: 39.70 Bulk Shear: 95.74 m/s