MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.24,-96.01 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 959 434 33.5 23.9 57 9.6 26.2 176 9 310.3 314.0 300.7 370.8 19.77 2 950 522 33.3 20.8 48 12.5 24.1 180 14 311.0 314.1 299.0 361.5 16.49 3 900 1009 29.2 18.2 51 11.0 21.3 192 22 311.6 314.4 298.1 357.0 14.77 4 850 1515 24.8 16.3 59 8.5 18.8 198 28 312.1 314.8 297.7 354.7 13.86 5 800 2044 20.1 14.5 70 5.5 16.3 202 33 312.6 315.0 297.3 353.0 13.12 6 750 2597 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.6 210 42 313.7 315.8 296.2 348.0 11.06 7 700 3181 12.9 0.8 44 12.1 6.1 218 45 316.8 317.9 293.1 335.3 5.81 8 650 3798 8.5 -10.5 25 19.0 0.0 221 43 318.5 319.1 290.9 327.2 2.63 9 600 4453 4.1 -11.7 30 15.8 -2.7 229 37 320.8 321.4 291.6 329.5 2.59 10 550 5154 -1.8 -6.9 68 5.1 -4.2 238 36 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.5 4.13 11 500 5903 -8.2 -8.9 94 0.7 -8.5 245 38 323.1 323.8 293.3 335.9 3.90 12 450 6712 -14.4 -18.7 70 4.3 -15.7 250 39 325.2 325.6 292.2 331.9 1.94 13 400 7595 -19.9 -30.6 38 10.7 -22.1 247 39 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.75 14 350 8574 -25.8 -39.1 28 13.3 -27.8 244 31 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.37 15 300 9671 -34.2 -45.3 32 11.1 -35.3 241 26 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.0 0.22 16 250 10921 -43.8 -55.0 28 11.2 -44.3 244 19 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.09 17 200 12380 -55.3 -64.8 30 9.4 -55.5 229 12 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14167 -64.2 -69.9 45 5.7 -64.3 241 30 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.02 19 100 16660 -60.1 -83.9 3 23.7 -60.4 232 23 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.27 m Freezing level: 565.24 mb = 4940.36 m = 16208.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.63 mb = 3802.55 m = 12475.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.78 % Est. max temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.61 mb = 1663.88 m = 5458.87 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 43.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2574.83 m = 8447.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.83 C = 98.30 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -8.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 575.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3181.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.35 mb = 2312.08 m = 7585.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.35 mb = 3296.24 m = 10814.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.35 mb = 14152.38 m = 46431.11 ft B at Equ Level: 3157.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 289.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.32 Bulk Rich Number: 40.57 Bulk Shear: 78.41 m/s