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: 43.67,-95.64 Latitude: 43.67 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 957 466 30.1 24.5 72 5.6 25.9 164 8 307.1 311.0 300.5 369.6 20.65 2 950 530 29.6 22.6 66 6.9 24.4 169 11 307.2 310.6 299.3 363.1 18.51 3 900 1011 26.0 20.3 71 5.6 21.9 185 21 308.3 311.4 298.6 359.5 16.91 4 850 1513 21.9 18.7 82 3.2 19.6 195 26 309.1 312.1 298.3 358.0 16.13 5 800 2038 18.5 16.1 86 2.5 16.8 207 35 310.9 313.7 297.8 355.3 14.52 6 750 2591 16.2 10.7 70 5.5 12.6 214 45 314.1 316.2 296.1 347.8 10.85 7 700 3175 12.9 0.7 43 12.2 6.1 218 48 316.8 317.9 293.1 335.2 5.78 8 650 3792 8.4 -9.1 28 17.5 0.4 220 47 318.5 319.1 291.2 328.2 2.96 9 600 4447 3.6 -6.7 47 10.3 -1.3 227 43 320.3 321.0 292.5 332.9 3.86 10 550 5147 -2.0 -6.1 74 4.1 -4.0 237 41 321.7 322.6 293.3 336.1 4.41 11 500 5897 -8.0 -9.9 86 2.0 -8.8 245 43 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.3 3.60 12 450 6706 -14.0 -19.5 63 5.5 -15.7 247 43 325.6 326.0 292.2 331.9 1.82 13 400 7590 -19.8 -28.4 47 8.5 -21.8 248 41 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.5 0.92 14 350 8569 -25.9 -34.8 43 8.9 -27.4 246 35 333.8 333.9 293.3 336.0 0.57 15 300 9666 -34.0 -42.4 42 8.4 -34.8 241 31 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.7 0.31 16 250 10917 -43.6 -52.7 36 9.2 -44.0 240 23 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.11 17 200 12379 -54.8 -60.7 48 5.9 -54.9 170 11 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14163 -65.1 -69.0 59 3.9 -65.1 237 31 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16658 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.2 234 22 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.59 m Freezing level: 568.01 mb = 4894.98 m = 16059.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.77 mb = 3947.50 m = 12950.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.62 C = 92.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.94 mb = 1178.93 m = 3867.85 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 41.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.76 mb = 1975.83 m = 6482.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.66 C = 92.59 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -8.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 26.62 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 588.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3551.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.30 mb = 1653.51 m = 5424.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.30 mb = 2921.02 m = 9583.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.30 mb = 14531.08 m = 47673.57 ft B at Equ Level: 3491.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 336.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.34 Bulk Rich Number: 29.87 Bulk Shear: 118.90 m/s