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: 43.09,-96.09 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -96.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 966 423 28.5 24.9 81 3.6 25.8 131 6 304.6 308.5 300.1 367.3 20.92 2 950 571 28.3 21.9 69 6.3 23.6 143 11 305.9 309.2 298.5 359.1 17.73 3 900 1050 24.8 19.3 72 5.4 20.9 172 17 307.0 310.0 297.7 354.9 15.88 4 850 1550 21.5 16.4 73 5.1 17.9 195 26 308.6 311.2 296.8 350.8 13.90 5 800 2074 18.1 13.7 76 4.4 15.1 214 32 310.4 312.7 296.3 348.2 12.38 6 750 2627 17.8 5.5 45 12.2 10.3 224 27 315.9 317.3 294.3 339.8 7.59 7 700 3213 14.2 -3.4 29 17.6 5.0 235 19 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.9 4.25 8 650 3832 9.2 -9.0 27 18.1 0.8 253 16 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.2 2.98 9 600 4488 3.3 -9.3 39 12.7 -2.3 268 18 320.0 320.6 291.8 330.3 3.14 10 550 5186 -2.8 -13.1 45 10.3 -6.9 278 24 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.2 2.54 11 500 5932 -9.5 -16.2 58 6.6 -11.9 275 30 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.16 12 450 6735 -15.5 -23.6 50 8.1 -17.7 284 28 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.27 13 400 7614 -21.4 -29.8 47 8.4 -23.1 301 27 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.81 14 350 8584 -28.9 -37.1 45 8.2 -30.0 300 18 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.45 15 300 9666 -37.7 -43.9 52 6.2 -38.2 306 25 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.26 16 250 10897 -47.3 -51.7 61 4.4 -47.5 309 29 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12337 -57.1 -60.6 64 3.5 -57.2 302 35 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14149 -57.6 -76.2 8 18.5 -57.9 273 21 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16686 -59.9 -84.3 3 24.4 -60.2 230 13 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.86 m Freezing level: 572.78 mb = 4868.04 m = 15971.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3992.59 m = 13098.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.67 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.28 mb = 881.78 m = 2892.94 ft T: 26.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 38.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 2044.66 m = 6708.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.37 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -8.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3514.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.91 mb = 1602.25 m = 5256.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.91 mb = 3833.60 m = 12577.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.91 mb = 13363.91 m = 43844.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3495.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.6 neg: -10.9 tot: 258.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.90 Bulk Rich Number: 40.05 Bulk Shear: 87.74 m/s