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: 43.14,-94.04 Latitude: 43.14 Longitude: -94.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 969 354 26.5 24.2 87 2.3 24.8 117 13 302.4 306.1 299.1 361.8 20.03 2 950 526 25.9 22.7 83 3.2 23.6 122 23 303.4 306.9 298.5 358.8 18.62 3 900 1003 24.2 20.2 78 4.0 21.3 162 27 306.4 309.5 298.1 356.8 16.76 4 850 1503 22.0 15.8 68 6.1 17.7 189 31 309.1 311.7 296.6 349.9 13.42 5 800 2029 20.6 9.7 50 10.9 13.6 217 31 313.1 314.9 294.9 342.4 9.47 6 750 2583 16.4 10.5 68 5.9 12.6 231 33 314.4 316.4 296.1 347.7 10.73 7 700 3167 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 233 38 315.6 317.5 296.0 347.3 10.17 8 650 3784 7.6 3.9 77 3.7 5.4 235 35 317.5 319.0 294.8 342.2 7.80 9 600 4439 3.2 -1.7 70 4.9 0.5 245 30 319.8 320.9 293.8 337.9 5.62 10 550 5137 -2.7 -5.6 81 2.8 -4.1 269 31 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.8 4.60 11 500 5886 -7.9 -8.3 97 0.4 -8.1 279 39 323.4 324.2 293.5 336.9 4.09 12 450 6696 -14.3 -17.4 78 3.1 -15.3 272 40 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.7 2.18 13 400 7578 -20.0 -30.4 39 10.4 -22.2 272 38 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.8 0.76 14 350 8557 -26.3 -34.4 46 8.1 -27.6 269 23 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.5 0.59 15 300 9653 -33.7 -37.4 69 3.7 -34.2 243 26 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.8 0.51 16 250 10906 -43.3 -49.2 52 5.9 -43.7 234 24 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.17 17 200 12364 -56.2 -57.9 81 1.7 -56.2 230 21 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 18 150 14140 -65.4 -68.5 66 3.0 -65.5 242 20 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.03 19 100 16633 -59.9 -84.0 3 24.1 -60.2 243 18 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.18 m Freezing level: 573.11 mb = 4814.58 m = 15795.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.09 mb = 4518.29 m = 14823.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.94 % Est. max temperature: 35.59 C = 96.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.74 mb = 640.36 m = 2100.90 ft T: 25.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 19.41 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2336.12 m = 7664.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.82 C = 100.08 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 42.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3094.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.49 mb = 1304.45 m = 4279.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.49 mb = 2993.62 m = 9821.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.49 mb = 14369.99 m = 47145.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3036.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 522.7 neg: -1.2 tot: 521.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.37 Bulk Rich Number: 12.19 Bulk Shear: 253.74 m/s