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: 43.90,-95.79 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 955 485 28.5 23.9 76 4.6 25.1 148 6 305.7 309.4 299.8 365.7 19.95 2 950 528 28.2 22.6 72 5.6 24.0 157 8 305.8 309.2 299.0 361.2 18.45 3 900 1007 25.3 20.3 74 5.0 21.7 191 21 307.6 310.8 298.4 358.7 16.90 4 850 1508 21.2 18.8 86 2.4 19.5 195 28 308.3 311.4 298.2 357.7 16.28 5 800 2032 17.8 16.5 92 1.3 16.9 203 35 310.1 313.0 297.8 355.8 14.95 6 750 2584 15.9 11.4 75 4.5 12.9 213 47 313.8 316.0 296.4 349.0 11.35 7 700 3168 12.7 4.3 57 8.4 7.7 216 51 316.6 318.0 294.3 340.1 7.46 8 650 3786 8.4 -5.5 37 13.9 1.5 220 49 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.1 3.91 9 600 4441 3.5 -2.6 64 6.1 0.3 232 46 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.3 5.27 10 550 5141 -2.0 -4.9 81 2.9 -3.4 243 45 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.5 4.84 11 500 5891 -8.0 -10.4 83 2.3 -9.0 244 47 323.3 324.0 293.0 334.8 3.48 12 450 6700 -14.1 -19.6 63 5.5 -15.8 250 48 325.5 325.9 292.2 331.8 1.80 13 400 7584 -19.6 -28.4 46 8.8 -21.6 249 43 329.5 329.7 292.5 332.9 0.92 14 350 8564 -25.8 -33.8 47 8.0 -27.2 247 36 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.3 0.63 15 300 9662 -33.8 -42.3 42 8.5 -34.8 243 33 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.9 0.31 16 250 10914 -43.5 -52.7 36 9.2 -44.0 238 26 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.12 17 200 12376 -54.6 -57.8 67 3.2 -54.6 167 15 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.08 18 150 14161 -65.6 -69.1 62 3.5 -65.6 231 28 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16656 -59.3 -84.0 3 24.7 -59.6 235 20 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.13 m Freezing level: 568.23 mb = 4886.14 m = 16030.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4497.33 m = 14754.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.08 mb = 1074.94 m = 3526.65 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 34.54 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1827.85 m = 5996.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.20 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 39.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 587.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3296.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.22 mb = 1556.89 m = 5107.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.22 mb = 2927.13 m = 9603.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.22 mb = 14575.83 m = 47820.37 ft B at Equ Level: 3217.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 412.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.06 Bulk Rich Number: 23.03 Bulk Shear: 143.18 m/s