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: 43.99,-95.51 Latitude: 43.99 Longitude: -95.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 959 450 26.7 23.8 84 2.9 24.5 117 6 303.4 307.1 299.1 362.0 19.67 2 950 531 25.9 22.4 81 3.6 23.3 136 9 303.5 306.9 298.2 357.7 18.23 3 900 1008 24.4 20.8 81 3.5 21.8 188 22 306.6 309.9 298.5 359.2 17.48 4 850 1508 20.6 19.4 93 1.3 19.7 194 28 307.7 310.9 298.5 358.8 16.88 5 800 2031 17.6 16.7 95 0.8 17.0 204 35 309.9 312.7 297.9 356.0 15.15 6 750 2583 16.0 11.4 74 4.5 13.0 214 47 313.9 316.1 296.4 349.2 11.38 7 700 3168 12.8 3.2 52 9.6 7.2 216 51 316.7 318.0 294.0 338.5 6.90 8 650 3785 8.6 -8.1 30 16.7 0.8 219 49 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.2 3.20 9 600 4441 3.2 -1.0 74 4.3 0.9 232 47 319.8 321.0 294.0 338.9 5.92 10 550 5140 -2.0 -5.2 78 3.2 -3.6 245 47 321.7 322.6 293.6 337.1 4.71 11 500 5891 -7.7 -10.3 82 2.6 -8.8 244 48 323.7 324.4 293.2 335.3 3.50 12 450 6701 -13.8 -20.3 58 6.6 -15.8 248 46 325.9 326.3 292.2 331.8 1.69 13 400 7585 -19.5 -27.3 50 7.7 -21.4 249 41 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.3 1.02 14 350 8565 -26.0 -32.0 57 6.0 -27.1 249 37 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.5 0.75 15 300 9662 -33.9 -40.9 49 7.0 -34.7 242 32 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.0 0.36 16 250 10914 -43.3 -52.7 35 9.3 -43.8 242 23 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.12 17 200 12378 -54.3 -55.3 90 0.9 -54.4 162 12 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.11 18 150 14163 -65.8 -68.5 69 2.7 -65.8 229 27 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.03 19 100 16658 -59.7 -84.0 3 24.3 -60.0 236 22 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.50 m Freezing level: 569.21 mb = 4871.40 m = 15982.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.04 mb = 4575.14 m = 15010.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.69 mb = 817.38 m = 2681.66 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 30.02 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1631.91 m = 5353.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.31 C Cross Totals Index: 27.06 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3196.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.83 mb = 1326.59 m = 4352.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.83 mb = 2001.03 m = 6564.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.83 mb = 2216.96 m = 7273.40 ft B at Equ Level: 16.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 459.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 459.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.87 Bulk Rich Number: 18.20 Bulk Shear: 175.66 m/s