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: 43.3,-95.07 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -95.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 961 431 31.6 25.6 70 6.0 27.0 158 12 308.2 312.3 301.4 375.0 21.95 2 950 536 30.7 22.7 62 8.0 24.7 163 18 308.4 311.9 299.6 364.8 18.60 3 900 1018 26.5 19.9 67 6.6 21.7 174 24 308.8 311.9 298.5 358.8 16.48 4 850 1521 22.9 16.8 68 6.2 18.6 192 29 310.2 312.8 297.4 353.7 14.26 5 800 2048 20.2 12.8 62 7.4 15.2 212 38 312.7 314.9 296.4 348.7 11.69 6 750 2602 17.2 6.0 47 11.2 10.3 220 39 315.3 316.8 294.3 339.8 7.83 7 700 3187 13.6 -8.2 21 21.9 3.3 222 40 317.6 318.2 290.9 327.2 2.94 8 650 3804 8.5 -12.4 21 20.9 -0.4 222 40 318.6 319.1 290.6 326.2 2.27 9 600 4459 3.7 -12.9 28 16.6 -3.2 226 37 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.36 10 550 5159 -2.3 -9.5 58 7.2 -5.4 233 32 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.40 11 500 5907 -8.2 -11.6 76 3.5 -9.6 242 32 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.6 3.14 12 450 6717 -13.9 -16.3 82 2.4 -14.7 244 33 325.7 326.2 292.7 333.8 2.38 13 400 7601 -20.1 -23.6 74 3.4 -21.0 251 37 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.9 1.43 14 350 8578 -26.3 -39.8 27 13.4 -28.2 238 29 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.6 0.34 15 300 9672 -34.5 -47.4 26 12.9 -35.6 242 27 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.18 16 250 10923 -43.5 -57.1 21 13.6 -44.1 242 15 341.4 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.07 17 200 12385 -55.1 -62.4 40 7.2 -55.3 156 7 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 14172 -63.7 -69.9 42 6.3 -63.7 241 32 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16665 -60.7 -83.8 3 23.1 -61.0 231 24 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.99 m Freezing level: 568.86 mb = 4894.89 m = 16059.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.29 mb = 3736.96 m = 12260.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 35.45 C = 95.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.69 mb = 1198.70 m = 3932.71 ft T: 25.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 48.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2504.22 m = 8215.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.13 C = 100.64 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -8.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.92 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3585.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.43 mb = 1786.12 m = 5859.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.43 mb = 3313.70 m = 10871.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.43 mb = 14195.34 m = 46572.06 ft B at Equ Level: 3571.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 304.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.46 Bulk Rich Number: 37.10 Bulk Shear: 96.66 m/s