MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-95.48 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 958 432 29.4 25.6 80 3.9 26.5 57 2 306.3 310.4 301.1 372.8 22.02 2 950 508 30.2 21.3 59 8.9 23.7 103 3 307.9 311.1 298.6 359.4 17.04 3 900 990 26.8 18.4 60 8.3 20.8 176 7 309.1 311.9 297.6 354.6 14.99 4 850 1492 22.4 17.0 72 5.3 18.7 195 11 309.6 312.3 297.4 353.8 14.54 5 800 2017 18.4 15.5 83 2.9 16.4 211 16 310.7 313.4 297.4 353.4 13.95 6 750 2570 15.6 12.4 82 3.1 13.4 224 33 313.5 315.8 296.8 351.1 12.17 7 700 3152 11.3 10.2 93 1.2 10.6 236 41 315.0 317.2 296.6 350.0 11.22 8 650 3769 8.1 -1.6 50 9.7 2.9 253 36 318.2 319.2 293.0 335.0 5.24 9 600 4425 3.5 -3.2 61 6.7 0.1 254 43 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.5 5.03 10 550 5124 -2.3 -5.0 82 2.7 -3.6 255 48 321.4 322.3 293.6 337.0 4.80 11 500 5873 -8.4 -10.8 83 2.4 -9.4 263 54 322.8 323.5 292.8 334.0 3.37 12 450 6682 -13.0 -20.5 53 7.5 -15.3 271 46 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.7 1.66 13 400 7574 -16.3 -22.1 61 5.8 -18.0 274 37 333.8 334.1 294.2 339.6 1.63 14 350 8566 -23.3 -30.7 51 7.4 -24.9 269 32 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.5 0.85 15 300 9674 -32.3 -40.4 45 8.1 -33.3 271 32 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.38 16 250 10931 -42.7 -50.4 43 7.7 -43.2 270 31 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12394 -55.4 -59.1 64 3.7 -55.5 256 27 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.07 18 150 14169 -66.2 -69.0 68 2.8 -66.2 250 16 356.0 356.0 298.0 356.1 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.7 251 15 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.12 m Freezing level: 569.65 mb = 4849.13 m = 15909.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.94 mb = 4438.76 m = 14562.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.62 C = 92.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.80 mb = 922.54 m = 3026.66 ft T: 27.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 37.83 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2329.97 m = 7644.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.35 C = 95.62 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 46.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2517.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.82 mb = 1900.83 m = 6236.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.82 mb = 2846.38 m = 9338.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.82 mb = 14342.49 m = 47054.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2477.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 352.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.52 Bulk Rich Number: 15.42 Bulk Shear: 163.28 m/s