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: 43.56,-94.53 Latitude: 43.56 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 70 SFC 966 373 27.0 24.4 86 2.6 25.0 150 11 303.1 306.8 299.4 363.4 20.27 2 950 520 27.0 22.8 78 4.3 23.9 154 19 304.6 308.1 298.8 360.3 18.65 3 900 997 24.3 19.5 75 4.8 20.9 177 25 306.5 309.5 297.7 354.8 16.05 4 850 1498 22.1 16.3 70 5.8 18.1 202 27 309.3 311.9 297.0 351.4 13.87 5 800 2023 18.6 14.6 78 4.0 15.8 220 27 310.9 313.4 296.9 351.2 13.17 6 750 2575 15.6 11.8 78 3.8 13.0 230 36 313.5 315.7 296.5 349.5 11.66 7 700 3159 12.5 5.5 62 7.0 8.3 242 38 316.3 317.9 294.8 341.9 8.12 8 650 3777 9.1 -3.6 40 12.7 2.5 244 24 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.9 4.51 9 600 4434 4.1 -6.1 47 10.2 -0.9 247 23 320.9 321.7 292.8 334.1 4.03 10 550 5134 -2.3 -6.9 70 4.7 -4.4 259 28 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.9 4.13 11 500 5882 -8.5 -9.1 95 0.6 -8.8 267 38 322.7 323.5 293.2 335.4 3.84 12 450 6690 -14.7 -16.8 84 2.1 -15.4 266 44 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.4 2.28 13 400 7573 -19.3 -28.7 43 9.5 -21.4 270 39 329.9 330.1 292.6 333.2 0.89 14 350 8554 -25.6 -35.9 37 10.3 -27.3 267 28 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.2 0.51 15 300 9651 -34.6 -41.5 49 7.0 -35.3 246 24 336.7 336.7 293.8 338.0 0.33 16 250 10897 -44.5 -46.8 77 2.4 -44.6 232 26 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.9 0.23 17 200 12353 -56.1 -60.3 59 4.2 -56.2 253 28 343.9 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14131 -64.2 -69.2 51 5.0 -64.3 241 25 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16627 -60.8 -83.7 3 22.9 -61.0 241 18 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.64 m Freezing level: 567.71 mb = 4886.03 m = 16030.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.64 mb = 4262.96 m = 13985.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.19 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.78 mb = 700.41 m = 2297.92 ft T: 25.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 29.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.24 mb = 2041.82 m = 6698.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.81 C = 94.65 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 39.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2976.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.07 mb = 1425.21 m = 4675.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.07 mb = 3253.55 m = 10674.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.07 mb = 14045.63 m = 46080.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2948.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.1 neg: -10.4 tot: 345.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.41 Bulk Rich Number: 22.86 Bulk Shear: 130.20 m/s