MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.13,-93.44 Latitude: 43.13 Longitude: -93.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 977 372 24.7 20.7 78 4.0 21.8 150 10 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.3 15.88 2 950 615 22.1 17.0 73 5.1 18.6 150 17 299.6 301.9 293.6 337.3 12.91 3 900 1082 17.8 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 151 18 299.8 302.1 293.2 335.4 12.16 4 850 1569 15.9 7.8 59 8.1 11.1 162 16 302.8 304.3 290.6 326.2 7.84 5 800 2084 15.1 4.3 49 10.7 8.9 191 10 307.2 308.4 290.9 327.1 6.53 6 750 2628 12.4 1.0 46 11.4 6.2 249 7 310.0 311.1 290.9 327.0 5.48 7 700 3203 8.6 1.4 60 7.2 4.6 284 12 312.0 313.2 291.9 330.9 6.05 8 650 3812 4.6 -1.5 65 6.1 1.5 285 16 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.0 5.29 9 600 4459 0.4 -14.2 33 14.6 -5.3 282 15 316.6 317.0 289.9 323.6 2.12 10 550 5151 -4.0 -22.1 23 18.1 -9.6 280 21 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.4 1.18 11 500 5896 -9.0 -28.1 20 19.2 -13.9 278 23 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.8 0.75 12 450 6702 -14.4 -34.5 16 20.1 -18.4 282 17 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.8 0.45 13 400 7584 -20.3 -24.4 70 4.0 -21.4 306 19 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.3 1.33 14 350 8560 -27.1 -33.1 57 6.0 -28.2 348 10 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.6 0.67 15 300 9652 -35.2 -35.3 100 0.0 -35.3 282 30 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.63 16 250 10894 -45.7 -45.7 100 0.0 -45.7 304 33 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.26 17 200 12342 -56.3 -58.1 81 1.7 -56.4 305 50 343.5 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.08 18 150 14162 -55.8 -77.7 5 22.0 -56.1 234 22 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.01 19 100 16708 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.3 249 8 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.25 m Freezing level: 595.68 mb = 4519.08 m = 14826.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.98 mb = 3950.40 m = 12960.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.30 mb = 879.96 m = 2886.99 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 20.05 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2428.73 m = 7968.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 16.80 C K Index: 25.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.62 mb = 1335.61 m = 4381.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.62 mb = 4747.85 m = 15576.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.62 mb = 9006.50 m = 29548.52 ft B at Equ Level: 125.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.62 mb = 11474.26 m = 37644.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -3.1 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 83.87 m/s