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,-95.87 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 954 488 29.5 23.9 72 5.6 25.3 160 7 306.8 310.5 300.0 366.9 19.94 2 950 527 29.2 22.5 67 6.7 24.2 167 9 306.8 310.2 299.1 362.0 18.31 3 900 1007 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.7 191 20 308.2 311.3 298.4 358.6 16.67 4 850 1509 21.6 18.6 83 3.0 19.5 196 27 308.8 311.8 298.2 357.5 16.07 5 800 2034 18.0 16.5 91 1.5 17.0 203 34 310.3 313.1 297.9 355.9 14.92 6 750 2585 15.7 11.6 77 4.1 13.0 212 47 313.6 315.8 296.5 349.4 11.55 7 700 3169 12.6 4.7 59 7.9 7.9 216 51 316.5 317.9 294.5 340.7 7.68 8 650 3787 8.3 -5.3 38 13.6 1.5 220 49 318.3 319.1 292.0 331.2 3.96 9 600 4442 3.6 -3.8 58 7.4 -0.2 231 45 320.3 321.3 293.3 336.0 4.83 10 550 5142 -2.0 -4.8 81 2.8 -3.4 242 45 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.5 4.86 11 500 5892 -8.1 -10.1 85 2.1 -8.9 244 47 323.2 323.9 293.0 335.0 3.54 12 450 6701 -14.2 -19.4 64 5.3 -15.8 251 47 325.4 325.8 292.2 331.7 1.82 13 400 7585 -19.5 -29.0 43 9.4 -21.7 249 43 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.7 0.87 14 350 8565 -25.8 -34.6 43 8.8 -27.3 247 36 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.2 0.58 15 300 9663 -33.8 -42.8 40 9.0 -34.8 243 32 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.29 16 250 10914 -43.6 -53.1 34 9.5 -44.1 238 26 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.11 17 200 12376 -54.7 -59.1 58 4.4 -54.8 172 14 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14161 -65.5 -69.3 59 3.8 -65.5 232 28 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16656 -59.2 -84.0 3 24.8 -59.6 234 19 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.75 m Freezing level: 567.89 mb = 4891.71 m = 16048.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.59 mb = 4379.56 m = 14368.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.94 mb = 1205.12 m = 3953.77 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 35.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1916.01 m = 6286.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -8.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 26.66 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 587.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3340.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.85 mb = 1664.47 m = 5460.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.85 mb = 2815.71 m = 9237.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.85 mb = 14591.78 m = 47872.73 ft B at Equ Level: 3258.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 386.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.50 Bulk Rich Number: 25.40 Bulk Shear: 131.49 m/s