MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.21,-92.57 Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 972 355 23.4 20.7 85 2.7 21.5 186 11 299.0 301.9 295.7 345.7 16.02 2 950 551 22.1 18.1 78 4.0 19.4 194 20 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.2 13.89 3 900 1021 22.3 15.1 64 7.1 17.5 222 33 304.5 306.7 294.5 340.6 12.12 4 850 1519 22.3 12.6 54 9.7 15.8 225 42 309.5 311.5 294.9 342.5 10.85 5 800 2044 19.4 10.4 56 8.9 13.6 222 42 311.8 313.7 294.9 342.5 9.96 6 750 2597 16.7 7.2 53 9.5 10.8 216 38 314.7 316.4 294.6 341.3 8.52 7 700 3182 13.3 -1.2 37 14.5 5.4 212 35 317.2 318.2 292.6 333.2 4.99 8 650 3800 8.7 -7.8 30 16.5 0.9 206 30 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.5 3.27 9 600 4455 3.1 -9.0 41 12.1 -2.4 207 26 319.7 320.3 291.8 330.3 3.22 10 550 5152 -3.1 -9.6 61 6.5 -6.0 212 19 320.4 321.0 292.1 331.4 3.35 11 500 5899 -8.6 -12.0 76 3.5 -9.9 213 14 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.7 3.04 12 450 6707 -14.3 -18.5 70 4.2 -15.6 215 13 325.3 325.7 292.3 332.1 1.98 13 400 7590 -20.2 -23.7 74 3.5 -21.1 214 7 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.7 1.41 14 350 8566 -27.2 -31.5 67 4.3 -28.0 247 7 332.1 332.3 293.0 335.0 0.78 15 300 9659 -34.7 -38.7 67 4.0 -35.2 270 10 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.1 0.45 16 250 10905 -44.7 -44.7 100 0.0 -44.7 281 25 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.28 17 200 12359 -56.5 -56.6 98 0.1 -56.5 300 35 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 14127 -65.4 -69.9 53 4.5 -65.4 305 28 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16636 -62.0 -83.6 4 21.6 -62.3 254 15 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.87 m Freezing level: 575.04 mb = 4802.83 m = 15757.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.31 mb = 3974.10 m = 13038.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.10 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.68 mb = 692.11 m = 2270.67 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.01 mb = 3338.06 m = 10951.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.85 C = 107.32 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.24 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 28.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 564.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.17 mb = 1558.35 m = 5112.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.17 mb = 4849.40 m = 15909.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.17 mb = 11415.03 m = 37450.44 ft B at Equ Level: 511.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.17 mb = 14078.91 m = 46190.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: -76.2 tot: 73.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 42.37 Bulk Shear: 12.17 m/s