MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.46,-93.92 Latitude: 43.46 Longitude: -93.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 968 352 28.4 24.9 81 3.5 25.8 174 15 304.4 308.3 300.0 367.0 20.91 2 950 513 28.6 23.4 74 5.2 24.7 176 28 306.2 309.8 299.6 364.6 19.40 3 900 995 27.8 18.7 57 9.2 21.2 201 42 310.2 313.0 298.0 356.6 15.21 4 850 1503 28.0 11.7 36 16.3 17.1 231 38 315.5 317.4 296.0 347.3 10.20 5 800 2037 25.0 4.4 27 20.5 12.5 245 36 317.8 319.0 294.0 338.7 6.58 6 750 2599 20.9 0.8 26 20.1 9.3 251 31 319.2 320.3 293.4 336.6 5.39 7 700 3189 15.9 -1.0 31 16.9 6.6 255 21 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.6 5.08 8 650 3812 10.0 -2.2 42 12.3 3.5 247 17 320.3 321.3 293.4 336.5 5.00 9 600 4470 3.7 -3.3 60 6.9 0.1 230 15 320.4 321.4 293.5 336.6 5.01 10 550 5169 -2.7 -4.7 86 2.0 -3.7 212 18 320.8 321.8 293.5 336.7 4.90 11 500 5917 -8.6 -9.4 94 0.8 -8.9 208 20 322.6 323.3 293.0 335.0 3.75 12 450 6727 -12.9 -13.6 94 0.8 -13.2 266 17 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.1 2.97 13 400 7617 -18.3 -19.1 93 0.8 -18.6 278 25 331.2 331.6 294.0 338.6 2.11 14 350 8598 -25.7 -30.9 62 5.1 -26.8 273 23 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.1 0.83 15 300 9696 -34.2 -38.1 68 3.9 -34.7 276 16 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.0 0.48 16 250 10942 -45.0 -46.7 83 1.7 -45.2 266 23 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.23 17 200 12393 -56.2 -57.6 85 1.3 -56.3 276 32 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.08 18 150 14194 -61.6 -74.2 17 12.6 -61.7 248 27 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 223 16 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.98 m Freezing level: 571.37 mb = 4870.17 m = 15978.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.60 mb = 4488.88 m = 14727.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.02 % Est. max temperature: 40.81 C = 105.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.03 mb = 798.92 m = 2621.09 ft T: 28.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 30.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3186.99 m = 10455.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.97 C = 111.15 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: -8.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3269.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 416.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.83 mb = 1853.72 m = 6081.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.83 mb = 3788.34 m = 12428.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.83 mb = 14117.61 m = 46317.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3219.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 426.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.68 Bulk Rich Number: 58.45 Bulk Shear: 55.93 m/s