MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.74,-95.02 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 960 419 28.0 24.2 80 3.8 25.2 163 15 304.8 308.5 299.7 365.2 20.18 2 950 509 28.5 22.9 72 5.6 24.3 165 23 306.1 309.6 299.2 362.5 18.78 3 900 989 26.6 18.8 62 7.8 21.0 178 38 308.9 311.8 297.8 355.4 15.33 4 850 1494 26.0 11.1 39 14.9 16.1 197 44 313.4 315.2 295.2 343.7 9.78 5 800 2024 22.3 7.9 40 14.4 13.2 210 44 315.0 316.6 294.6 341.2 8.40 6 750 2581 17.7 6.4 47 11.3 10.7 218 44 315.8 317.3 294.6 341.1 8.05 7 700 3166 12.4 3.7 55 8.7 7.3 224 47 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.8 7.16 8 650 3782 8.4 -3.9 42 12.3 2.1 229 43 318.5 319.3 292.4 332.7 4.41 9 600 4439 4.5 -5.5 48 10.0 -0.4 227 35 321.3 322.2 293.1 335.2 4.23 10 550 5141 -1.6 -5.9 73 4.3 -3.7 231 33 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.8 4.48 11 500 5891 -7.8 -11.6 74 3.8 -9.3 241 33 323.6 324.2 292.8 334.1 3.15 12 450 6702 -12.8 -19.5 57 6.7 -14.9 260 33 327.2 327.6 292.7 333.5 1.81 13 400 7591 -18.3 -30.3 34 12.0 -21.0 254 31 331.2 331.3 292.8 334.0 0.77 14 350 8576 -24.1 -37.3 28 13.2 -26.2 250 29 336.3 336.4 293.8 338.0 0.44 15 300 9684 -31.5 -49.5 15 18.0 -33.2 244 26 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.14 16 250 10948 -41.0 -57.7 15 16.7 -41.8 205 14 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.06 17 200 12426 -52.3 -54.6 76 2.3 -52.4 270 18 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.4 0.11 18 150 14225 -66.1 -66.6 93 0.5 -66.1 284 54 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.4 0.03 19 100 16659 -60.8 -83.7 3 22.9 -61.1 225 22 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.35 m Freezing level: 563.34 mb = 4953.60 m = 16251.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.71 mb = 4321.07 m = 14176.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.36 % Est. max temperature: 37.81 C = 100.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.13 mb = 908.95 m = 2982.09 ft T: 26.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 32.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.64 mb = 2790.90 m = 9156.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.12 C = 102.42 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2056.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.01 mb = 1915.43 m = 6284.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.01 mb = 3345.66 m = 10976.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.01 mb = 14427.53 m = 47333.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2004.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 496.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 496.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.76 Bulk Rich Number: 18.75 Bulk Shear: 109.67 m/s