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: 43.63,-95.32 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 957 450 28.3 25.2 83 3.1 26.0 155 5 305.3 309.3 300.6 370.0 21.53 2 950 512 28.4 23.3 74 5.0 24.6 161 8 306.0 309.6 299.5 364.1 19.33 3 900 992 25.3 20.1 73 5.1 21.5 193 13 307.5 310.7 298.3 358.0 16.71 4 850 1493 21.6 17.8 79 3.8 18.9 209 15 308.8 311.7 297.7 355.2 15.29 5 800 2017 18.3 15.1 82 3.2 16.1 219 21 310.7 313.3 297.1 352.4 13.66 6 750 2570 16.1 9.8 66 6.3 12.0 226 30 314.0 316.0 295.7 345.7 10.20 7 700 3155 14.3 -1.7 33 16.0 5.7 257 20 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.9 4.82 8 650 3775 9.7 -5.4 34 15.1 2.1 258 20 319.9 320.6 292.4 332.7 3.93 9 600 4433 4.2 -7.7 41 12.0 -1.4 253 26 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.8 3.56 10 550 5133 -1.8 -10.2 53 8.4 -5.4 257 28 321.9 322.6 292.4 332.6 3.20 11 500 5882 -8.6 -10.5 86 1.9 -9.4 261 34 322.6 323.3 292.8 334.0 3.44 12 450 6690 -14.8 -16.5 86 1.8 -15.4 259 42 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.6 2.33 13 400 7572 -19.8 -22.6 78 2.8 -20.5 266 37 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.8 1.56 14 350 8551 -26.2 -33.8 49 7.6 -27.5 266 38 333.4 333.6 293.3 335.8 0.63 15 300 9646 -34.5 -45.4 32 10.9 -35.5 258 30 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.22 16 250 10895 -44.1 -50.5 49 6.4 -44.5 225 30 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.15 17 200 12352 -56.2 -60.5 58 4.3 -56.3 250 29 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14122 -65.0 -69.5 54 4.5 -65.1 251 34 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16630 -61.6 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.8 241 17 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.34 m Freezing level: 564.88 mb = 4924.83 m = 16157.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.72 mb = 4167.32 m = 13672.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.25 mb = 842.72 m = 2764.78 ft T: 26.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 37.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.06 mb = 1909.21 m = 6263.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.86 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -8.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.41 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3510.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.54 mb = 1538.34 m = 5046.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.54 mb = 3640.64 m = 11944.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.54 mb = 14524.91 m = 47653.32 ft B at Equ Level: 3435.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 165.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 54.21 Bulk Shear: 64.75 m/s