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: 43.35,-94.59 Latitude: 43.35 Longitude: -94.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 965 382 27.2 24.4 85 2.7 25.1 148 10 303.4 307.1 299.5 364.0 20.36 2 950 519 27.3 22.7 76 4.5 23.9 153 18 304.8 308.3 298.8 360.5 18.60 3 900 997 25.0 19.0 69 6.0 20.7 180 26 307.2 310.1 297.5 354.0 15.53 4 850 1498 22.9 15.1 62 7.8 17.5 203 27 310.1 312.5 296.5 349.2 12.82 5 800 2024 19.3 14.0 72 5.2 15.7 219 29 311.7 314.1 296.8 350.7 12.70 6 750 2578 16.0 11.6 75 4.3 13.1 229 37 313.9 316.1 296.6 349.8 11.56 7 700 3161 12.4 6.5 67 5.9 8.8 240 37 316.2 317.9 295.2 343.6 8.70 8 650 3780 9.4 -3.2 41 12.6 2.8 249 25 319.5 320.4 292.9 334.6 4.63 9 600 4438 4.2 -6.0 47 10.2 -0.7 251 21 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.3 4.07 10 550 5138 -2.2 -6.6 72 4.4 -4.3 261 28 321.5 322.3 293.2 335.4 4.26 11 500 5887 -8.3 -8.8 96 0.5 -8.5 270 36 322.9 323.6 293.3 335.8 3.93 12 450 6695 -14.7 -16.7 85 2.0 -15.4 267 41 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.5 2.29 13 400 7577 -19.6 -29.4 41 9.9 -21.7 271 38 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.6 0.83 14 350 8557 -25.7 -34.9 42 9.2 -27.2 270 26 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.56 15 300 9654 -34.6 -40.5 55 5.9 -35.3 248 22 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.1 0.37 16 250 10900 -44.4 -47.4 72 3.0 -44.6 234 25 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.9 0.21 17 200 12356 -56.1 -60.6 57 4.5 -56.2 248 28 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14133 -64.5 -69.1 53 4.6 -64.6 243 25 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.02 19 100 16629 -60.9 -83.8 3 22.8 -61.2 246 18 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.23 m Freezing level: 567.10 mb = 4898.36 m = 16070.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.55 mb = 4294.51 m = 14089.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.93 C = 94.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.90 mb = 726.80 m = 2384.50 ft T: 26.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2322.47 m = 7619.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.59 C = 97.86 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -7.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 40.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2858.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.71 mb = 1552.23 m = 5092.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.71 mb = 3530.72 m = 11583.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.71 mb = 14144.76 m = 46406.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2812.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 364.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.50 Bulk Rich Number: 22.65 Bulk Shear: 126.22 m/s