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: 43.5,-94.45 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 966 373 26.8 24.2 86 2.6 24.9 148 12 302.9 306.6 299.2 362.6 20.06 2 950 521 26.9 22.7 78 4.2 23.8 151 20 304.5 307.9 298.7 359.8 18.54 3 900 998 24.4 19.3 74 5.0 20.8 176 26 306.6 309.6 297.5 354.4 15.89 4 850 1498 22.2 16.2 69 6.0 18.0 199 28 309.4 311.9 296.8 351.1 13.72 5 800 2024 18.9 14.2 74 4.7 15.7 219 28 311.3 313.7 296.8 350.6 12.83 6 750 2576 15.7 11.8 78 3.8 13.1 229 36 313.6 315.8 296.5 349.7 11.69 7 700 3160 12.3 6.5 68 5.8 8.7 242 40 316.1 317.8 295.1 343.4 8.69 8 650 3778 9.0 -3.0 43 12.0 2.8 246 25 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.5 4.73 9 600 4435 4.1 -6.0 48 10.2 -0.8 247 21 320.9 321.7 292.9 334.2 4.07 10 550 5135 -2.3 -6.7 72 4.4 -4.4 260 28 321.4 322.2 293.1 335.2 4.22 11 500 5883 -8.4 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.7 268 38 322.8 323.5 293.2 335.6 3.90 12 450 6691 -14.7 -16.8 84 2.1 -15.4 266 43 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.5 2.28 13 400 7574 -19.4 -29.4 41 10.1 -21.6 270 39 329.8 330.0 292.5 332.8 0.83 14 350 8555 -25.5 -35.6 38 10.1 -27.2 267 27 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.3 0.52 15 300 9652 -34.6 -40.3 56 5.8 -35.2 245 24 336.7 336.7 293.9 338.1 0.38 16 250 10898 -44.3 -47.2 73 2.9 -44.5 233 26 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.22 17 200 12355 -56.1 -60.2 60 4.1 -56.2 250 27 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14132 -64.5 -69.0 54 4.4 -64.6 240 25 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16627 -60.6 -83.8 3 23.2 -60.9 241 17 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.89 m Freezing level: 567.86 mb = 4884.93 m = 16026.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.20 mb = 4283.23 m = 14052.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.88 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.76 mb = 701.17 m = 2300.39 ft T: 25.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 28.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2152.30 m = 7061.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.59 C = 96.06 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 40.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2890.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.67 mb = 1440.15 m = 4724.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.67 mb = 3271.79 m = 10734.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.67 mb = 14104.64 m = 46274.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2852.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 392.9 neg: -8.0 tot: 384.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.71 Bulk Rich Number: 20.44 Bulk Shear: 141.41 m/s