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: 43.83,-95.72 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -95.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 956 475 28.9 24.1 75 4.8 25.3 152 7 306.0 309.8 299.9 366.6 20.14 2 950 529 28.5 22.6 70 5.9 24.1 160 9 306.1 309.5 299.0 361.5 18.45 3 900 1009 25.5 20.4 73 5.1 21.8 189 21 307.8 311.0 298.5 359.1 16.96 4 850 1510 21.4 18.8 85 2.6 19.5 195 27 308.6 311.6 298.3 358.0 16.30 5 800 2034 18.0 16.4 90 1.6 16.9 204 34 310.4 313.2 297.8 355.7 14.86 6 750 2586 15.9 11.3 74 4.7 12.9 213 46 313.9 316.0 296.4 348.8 11.26 7 700 3170 12.8 3.3 52 9.5 7.2 217 50 316.6 318.0 294.0 338.5 6.93 8 650 3788 8.4 -6.8 33 15.2 1.1 220 48 318.5 319.2 291.7 330.0 3.53 9 600 4443 3.5 -3.7 59 7.2 -0.2 230 45 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.9 4.86 10 550 5143 -2.0 -5.3 78 3.3 -3.6 242 44 321.7 322.6 293.6 337.0 4.70 11 500 5893 -8.0 -10.2 84 2.2 -8.9 244 46 323.3 324.0 293.1 335.1 3.53 12 450 6702 -14.0 -19.6 63 5.6 -15.8 249 46 325.6 326.0 292.2 331.8 1.79 13 400 7586 -19.6 -28.3 46 8.7 -21.6 249 42 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.8 0.93 14 350 8566 -25.9 -33.9 47 8.1 -27.3 247 36 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.2 0.62 15 300 9664 -33.9 -42.2 43 8.3 -34.8 242 32 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.31 16 250 10915 -43.5 -52.8 35 9.3 -44.0 239 24 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.11 17 200 12378 -54.6 -58.4 63 3.8 -54.7 168 13 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14162 -65.5 -69.0 61 3.5 -65.5 233 29 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16657 -59.5 -84.0 3 24.4 -59.8 235 21 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.62 m Freezing level: 568.23 mb = 4887.88 m = 16036.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.19 mb = 4358.97 m = 14300.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.50 mb = 1091.78 m = 3581.92 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 36.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1860.58 m = 6104.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -8.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -7.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.35 C Cross Totals Index: 26.77 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 588.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3382.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.92 mb = 1571.78 m = 5156.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.92 mb = 2944.53 m = 9660.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.92 mb = 14634.25 m = 48012.03 ft B at Equ Level: 3292.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 388.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.85 Bulk Rich Number: 24.61 Bulk Shear: 137.45 m/s