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: 43.16,-94.29 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 968 360 26.8 24.3 86 2.5 24.9 129 11 302.8 306.5 299.2 362.6 20.14 2 950 522 26.5 22.6 79 3.9 23.6 136 20 304.1 307.5 298.5 359.2 18.46 3 900 1000 24.8 19.3 72 5.5 20.9 173 27 307.1 310.0 297.7 354.9 15.89 4 850 1501 22.9 14.5 59 8.4 17.2 197 29 310.2 312.5 296.1 347.6 12.29 5 800 2028 20.3 11.8 58 8.5 14.7 218 31 312.8 314.8 295.8 346.5 10.93 6 750 2582 16.2 11.3 73 4.9 12.9 230 34 314.1 316.3 296.4 349.1 11.27 7 700 3166 12.0 8.5 79 3.5 9.7 235 38 315.7 317.6 296.0 346.9 9.98 8 650 3783 8.6 1.0 59 7.6 4.3 242 32 318.6 319.9 294.0 338.9 6.34 9 600 4440 3.8 -3.8 58 7.6 -0.1 251 24 320.5 321.4 293.3 336.1 4.81 10 550 5139 -2.4 -5.9 77 3.5 -4.1 266 29 321.2 322.1 293.3 335.8 4.48 11 500 5888 -8.2 -8.5 98 0.3 -8.3 276 36 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.5 4.04 12 450 6697 -14.5 -17.1 81 2.6 -15.3 271 39 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.6 2.23 13 400 7579 -20.0 -30.3 39 10.4 -22.2 272 38 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.8 0.77 14 350 8558 -25.9 -34.7 44 8.8 -27.4 272 23 333.8 333.9 293.3 336.0 0.58 15 300 9655 -34.2 -38.2 67 4.0 -34.7 246 22 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.0 0.47 16 250 10904 -43.9 -48.8 58 5.0 -44.2 236 25 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.18 17 200 12362 -56.2 -59.6 65 3.4 -56.3 234 25 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.06 18 150 14138 -65.2 -68.7 62 3.5 -65.2 243 22 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16631 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.6 246 18 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.09 m Freezing level: 569.57 mb = 4865.62 m = 15963.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.11 mb = 4424.77 m = 14516.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.13 % Est. max temperature: 35.76 C = 96.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.51 mb = 677.10 m = 2221.42 ft T: 25.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.99 mb = 2389.54 m = 7839.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 42.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2886.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.23 mb = 1467.78 m = 4815.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.23 mb = 3186.69 m = 10454.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.23 mb = 14210.83 m = 46622.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2840.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 445.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.22 Bulk Rich Number: 15.90 Bulk Shear: 181.47 m/s