MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.12,-94.53 Latitude: 43.12 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 967 368 27.1 24.4 85 2.7 25.1 143 9 303.2 307.0 299.4 363.6 20.29 2 950 519 27.2 22.5 76 4.7 23.7 150 17 304.7 308.1 298.6 359.5 18.32 3 900 997 25.5 18.4 65 7.1 20.5 182 28 307.8 310.6 297.3 353.0 14.97 4 850 1500 23.9 12.8 50 11.1 16.5 206 28 311.2 313.3 295.5 344.9 10.98 5 800 2027 20.2 13.1 64 7.1 15.4 219 31 312.7 315.0 296.5 349.5 11.93 6 750 2581 16.1 11.7 75 4.4 13.2 229 35 314.0 316.3 296.7 350.0 11.62 7 700 3165 12.1 8.3 77 3.8 9.7 236 37 315.9 317.8 295.9 346.7 9.86 8 650 3784 9.4 -2.1 44 11.6 3.2 250 30 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.9 5.04 9 600 4442 4.3 -5.8 48 10.0 -0.6 259 20 321.1 321.9 293.0 334.6 4.15 10 550 5142 -2.2 -6.1 74 3.9 -4.1 265 29 321.5 322.4 293.3 335.9 4.40 11 500 5891 -8.3 -8.5 98 0.2 -8.4 275 34 322.9 323.7 293.4 336.3 4.03 12 450 6699 -14.6 -16.8 84 2.2 -15.4 270 37 324.8 325.3 292.4 332.6 2.28 13 400 7581 -20.0 -30.4 39 10.4 -22.2 273 37 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.7 0.76 14 350 8560 -25.7 -34.8 42 9.1 -27.2 276 24 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.3 0.57 15 300 9657 -34.5 -38.8 65 4.3 -35.1 250 19 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.4 0.44 16 250 10904 -44.3 -48.6 63 4.2 -44.6 239 25 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.19 17 200 12360 -56.2 -61.3 53 5.1 -56.3 237 28 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14136 -65.0 -68.8 59 3.8 -65.0 245 24 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.02 19 100 16631 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.1 -61.1 249 19 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.53 m Freezing level: 566.88 mb = 4905.58 m = 16094.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.08 mb = 4331.79 m = 14211.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.84 % Est. max temperature: 36.03 C = 96.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.15 mb = 715.34 m = 2346.89 ft T: 26.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2494.68 m = 8184.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.63 C = 99.74 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 41.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2660.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.51 mb = 1649.28 m = 5410.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.51 mb = 3904.69 m = 12810.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.51 mb = 14115.67 m = 46310.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2614.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 393.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.66 Bulk Rich Number: 20.19 Bulk Shear: 131.75 m/s