MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 93 SFC 970 355 24.3 21.8 86 2.5 22.5 175 14 300.0 303.2 296.7 350.3 17.15 2 950 540 23.1 19.7 82 3.3 20.7 178 25 300.6 303.4 295.7 345.8 15.42 3 900 1013 24.9 13.1 48 11.8 17.1 210 34 307.2 309.1 294.1 339.2 10.60 4 850 1515 24.3 8.7 37 15.5 14.4 222 35 311.6 313.2 293.7 337.3 8.34 5 800 2042 20.6 6.2 39 14.4 11.8 231 26 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.3 7.45 6 750 2596 16.3 3.6 43 12.7 8.9 231 24 314.3 315.6 293.1 335.1 6.63 7 700 3178 11.9 0.6 46 11.2 5.6 224 27 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.8 5.73 8 650 3793 7.0 -1.9 53 8.9 2.4 225 27 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.3 5.13 9 600 4446 2.3 -4.1 63 6.4 -0.9 227 24 318.7 319.7 292.8 334.0 4.71 10 550 5143 -3.3 -6.7 77 3.4 -4.8 234 22 320.2 321.0 292.8 333.9 4.21 11 500 5890 -8.3 -10.9 82 2.6 -9.4 239 21 322.9 323.6 292.8 334.0 3.33 12 450 6701 -13.2 -15.4 83 2.2 -14.0 247 19 326.7 327.2 293.2 335.5 2.57 13 400 7588 -19.2 -19.9 95 0.6 -19.4 258 18 330.0 330.4 293.6 336.9 1.98 14 350 8568 -26.0 -26.0 100 0.0 -26.0 272 23 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.5 1.31 15 300 9664 -34.5 -34.6 100 0.0 -34.6 282 24 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.3 0.68 16 250 10909 -45.1 -45.1 100 0.0 -45.2 274 24 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12359 -57.0 -57.5 94 0.5 -57.1 279 22 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 18 150 14125 -65.3 -70.9 46 5.6 -65.3 291 19 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16638 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.2 206 7 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.53 m Freezing level: 579.53 mb = 4731.53 m = 15523.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.98 mb = 4258.38 m = 13970.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.82 % Est. max temperature: 36.64 C = 97.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.47 mb = 675.00 m = 2214.54 ft T: 23.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.76 mb = 3156.80 m = 10356.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.74 C = 103.53 F Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.03 C K Index: 30.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 599.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 471.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.82 mb = 1850.76 m = 6071.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.82 mb = 4542.71 m = 14903.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.82 mb = 12268.37 m = 40250.06 ft B at Equ Level: 596.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.82 mb = 14429.29 m = 47339.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 217.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 16.18 Bulk Shear: 37.04 m/s