MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.06,-96.20 Latitude: 43.06 Longitude: -96.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 967 418 28.6 24.9 80 3.7 25.8 130 6 304.7 308.6 300.1 367.4 20.93 2 950 570 28.4 21.8 68 6.6 23.6 142 12 306.0 309.3 298.5 358.9 17.61 3 900 1049 25.0 19.1 70 5.9 20.8 172 18 307.3 310.2 297.6 354.6 15.69 4 850 1550 21.7 16.3 72 5.4 17.9 195 26 308.8 311.4 296.8 350.8 13.84 5 800 2074 18.2 13.6 75 4.6 15.1 213 32 310.5 312.8 296.2 348.2 12.32 6 750 2627 17.9 5.1 43 12.8 10.2 224 26 316.0 317.4 294.1 339.2 7.36 7 700 3213 14.2 -3.1 30 17.4 5.1 235 19 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.3 4.34 8 650 3833 9.2 -7.9 29 17.1 1.1 252 16 319.3 320.0 291.7 330.0 3.25 9 600 4489 3.4 -9.4 39 12.8 -2.3 268 18 320.0 320.6 291.8 330.3 3.13 10 550 5186 -2.8 -12.7 46 9.9 -6.8 278 24 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.5 2.62 11 500 5932 -9.5 -16.4 57 6.9 -11.9 275 30 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.6 2.12 12 450 6735 -15.5 -23.6 50 8.0 -17.7 283 28 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.1 1.27 13 400 7615 -21.4 -30.0 46 8.6 -23.2 300 28 327.2 327.3 291.7 330.0 0.79 14 350 8585 -28.8 -37.6 43 8.8 -30.0 301 18 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.43 15 300 9667 -37.6 -44.0 51 6.4 -38.1 305 24 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.26 16 250 10898 -47.3 -51.7 60 4.5 -47.5 308 28 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 17 200 12338 -57.2 -60.7 64 3.6 -57.2 302 35 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14149 -57.8 -76.1 8 18.3 -58.0 275 21 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16686 -59.9 -84.3 3 24.4 -60.2 231 13 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.68 m Freezing level: 572.59 mb = 4871.02 m = 15980.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.61 mb = 4041.87 m = 13260.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.61 mb = 887.26 m = 2910.93 ft T: 26.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 37.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2819.30 m = 9249.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.54 C = 104.96 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -8.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 30.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 583.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3488.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.53 mb = 1636.36 m = 5368.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.53 mb = 3749.12 m = 12300.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.53 mb = 13491.13 m = 44261.69 ft B at Equ Level: 3450.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.8 neg: -8.7 tot: 256.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.76 Bulk Rich Number: 40.18 Bulk Shear: 86.83 m/s