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: 43.50,-94.06 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 968 349 28.5 24.9 81 3.5 25.8 172 15 304.5 308.3 300.1 367.1 20.93 2 950 511 28.5 23.5 74 5.0 24.8 175 28 306.1 309.8 299.7 365.0 19.55 3 900 993 28.2 18.6 56 9.5 21.3 202 41 310.5 313.4 298.1 356.9 15.18 4 850 1501 28.4 10.7 33 17.7 16.7 233 38 315.9 317.7 295.7 345.8 9.55 5 800 2036 25.3 3.2 24 22.1 12.1 244 36 318.1 319.2 293.6 337.3 6.02 6 750 2598 21.1 0.1 25 21.0 9.2 247 30 319.4 320.4 293.3 336.0 5.12 7 700 3188 16.0 -1.3 31 17.3 6.5 249 20 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.4 4.98 8 650 3811 10.0 -2.3 42 12.3 3.4 242 17 320.3 321.3 293.4 336.4 4.97 9 600 4469 3.6 -3.3 61 6.9 0.0 228 17 320.3 321.2 293.4 336.4 4.99 10 550 5167 -2.9 -4.7 88 1.7 -3.8 215 21 320.6 321.6 293.4 336.6 4.92 11 500 5916 -8.5 -9.4 93 0.9 -8.9 218 21 322.7 323.4 293.1 335.1 3.76 12 450 6726 -12.6 -13.8 91 1.2 -13.1 272 20 327.3 327.9 293.6 337.3 2.92 13 400 7617 -18.3 -19.2 92 1.0 -18.6 277 26 331.2 331.7 294.0 338.5 2.09 14 350 8597 -25.8 -31.7 57 5.9 -26.9 269 24 334.0 334.2 293.6 336.9 0.77 15 300 9695 -34.1 -39.1 61 4.9 -34.7 270 16 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.9 0.43 16 250 10942 -45.0 -47.2 78 2.3 -45.2 263 23 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.22 17 200 12393 -56.3 -57.5 86 1.2 -56.3 275 31 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.08 18 150 14192 -61.5 -74.2 17 12.6 -61.7 247 28 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16682 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 221 15 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.88 m Freezing level: 572.53 mb = 4852.69 m = 15920.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4472.53 m = 14673.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.39 % Est. max temperature: 41.15 C = 106.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.82 mb = 798.48 m = 2619.67 ft T: 28.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.99 C/km ThetaE index: 31.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3200.18 m = 10499.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.07 C = 111.32 F Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lifted Index: -8.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3290.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 429.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.28 mb = 1879.82 m = 6167.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.28 mb = 3820.28 m = 12533.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.28 mb = 13816.70 m = 45329.82 ft B at Equ Level: 3281.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 410.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 402.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.42 Bulk Rich Number: 56.64 Bulk Shear: 58.09 m/s