MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.46,-94.94 Latitude: 43.46 Longitude: -94.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 961 426 27.3 23.6 80 3.7 24.5 163 15 303.8 307.4 299.0 361.6 19.36 2 950 528 27.6 22.5 73 5.2 23.8 165 24 305.2 308.6 298.7 360.1 18.31 3 900 1008 26.5 18.1 60 8.4 20.6 188 36 308.8 311.6 297.4 353.5 14.72 4 850 1512 24.9 13.7 50 11.3 17.2 212 39 312.2 314.5 296.2 348.1 11.64 5 800 2043 22.6 9.2 43 13.4 14.0 231 35 315.2 317.0 295.3 343.9 9.18 6 750 2602 20.5 1.6 28 18.9 9.6 247 28 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.3 5.75 7 700 3193 15.9 -2.4 28 18.3 6.1 247 20 320.1 321.0 293.0 335.0 4.58 8 650 3815 10.1 -4.4 36 14.5 2.7 234 19 320.4 321.2 292.9 334.2 4.24 9 600 4473 3.8 -5.9 49 9.7 -1.0 228 19 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.8 4.09 10 550 5172 -3.1 -7.3 73 4.2 -5.0 228 19 320.4 321.2 292.7 333.6 4.04 11 500 5919 -8.8 -9.9 92 1.1 -9.3 237 20 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.2 3.61 12 450 6728 -13.6 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.8 256 24 326.1 326.7 293.3 335.8 2.86 13 400 7614 -19.4 -19.8 97 0.4 -19.5 267 32 329.8 330.2 293.5 336.7 1.99 14 350 8591 -26.6 -27.9 89 1.3 -26.9 273 32 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.9 1.10 15 300 9683 -35.8 -36.7 91 0.9 -35.9 270 25 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.0 0.55 16 250 10920 -46.8 -47.2 96 0.4 -46.8 279 16 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.22 17 200 12359 -58.2 -60.4 75 2.3 -58.2 288 9 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.06 18 150 14147 -59.4 -75.6 11 16.1 -59.6 278 25 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16674 -61.9 -83.7 4 21.8 -62.1 243 12 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.07 m Freezing level: 572.58 mb = 4856.35 m = 15932.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.44 mb = 4291.17 m = 14078.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.42 % Est. max temperature: 37.84 C = 100.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.29 mb = 897.33 m = 2943.96 ft T: 26.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.07 C/km ThetaE index: 27.96 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.33 mb = 3309.35 m = 10857.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.43 C = 110.17 F Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lifted Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.01 C Showalter Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 29.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2946.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 396.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.17 mb = 1867.48 m = 6126.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.17 mb = 4056.88 m = 13309.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.17 mb = 13326.73 m = 43722.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2944.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.0 neg: -6.2 tot: 389.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.21 Bulk Rich Number: 44.75 Bulk Shear: 65.84 m/s