MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.50,-93.59 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 965 377 27.7 25.1 86 2.6 25.7 195 8 303.9 307.8 300.1 367.4 21.24 2 950 516 27.8 23.2 76 4.6 24.4 198 15 305.4 308.9 299.2 362.9 19.20 3 900 995 25.3 19.9 72 5.5 21.4 204 28 307.6 310.7 298.1 357.2 16.42 4 850 1497 22.3 17.3 73 5.0 18.8 215 30 309.5 312.3 297.5 354.4 14.77 5 800 2022 19.1 14.5 75 4.6 16.0 222 31 311.5 314.0 297.0 351.7 13.12 6 750 2576 16.9 9.8 63 7.0 12.3 234 38 314.9 316.9 295.9 346.7 10.22 7 700 3161 13.8 1.6 44 12.1 6.8 236 31 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.4 6.17 8 650 3781 8.9 -1.0 50 9.9 3.5 234 28 319.1 320.1 293.5 336.7 5.48 9 600 4437 3.2 -2.2 68 5.4 0.4 238 27 319.8 320.9 293.7 337.4 5.45 10 550 5135 -3.4 -4.0 95 0.6 -3.7 239 25 320.1 321.1 293.5 336.8 5.17 11 500 5883 -8.0 -8.7 94 0.8 -8.3 246 22 323.3 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.96 12 450 6693 -13.1 -25.5 35 12.4 -16.4 260 22 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.07 13 400 7581 -18.7 -34.3 24 15.6 -21.7 258 19 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.7 0.53 14 350 8560 -26.6 -38.1 33 11.5 -28.3 268 18 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.41 15 300 9653 -35.7 -43.4 45 7.7 -36.4 284 15 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.1 0.27 16 250 10891 -46.3 -48.5 79 2.1 -46.4 255 19 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.19 17 200 12332 -58.3 -59.0 91 0.7 -58.3 246 32 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 18 150 14122 -59.0 -73.2 14 14.2 -59.2 234 23 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16647 -61.0 -84.1 3 23.1 -61.3 235 12 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.19 m Freezing level: 575.73 mb = 4775.79 m = 15668.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.41 mb = 4498.86 m = 14759.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.53 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.10 mb = 703.41 m = 2307.74 ft T: 26.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 30.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.36 mb = 2093.69 m = 6868.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.63 C = 96.13 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3648.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.03 mb = 1475.55 m = 4841.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.03 mb = 3440.28 m = 11286.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.03 mb = 13837.00 m = 45396.44 ft B at Equ Level: 3598.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.5 neg: -15.8 tot: 192.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.28 Bulk Rich Number: 117.10 Bulk Shear: 31.16 m/s