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,-95.63 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 429 29.2 25.6 81 3.6 26.5 16 2 306.1 310.2 301.0 372.6 22.04 2 950 508 30.0 21.5 60 8.5 23.8 35 2 307.6 310.8 298.7 359.7 17.24 3 900 989 26.5 18.8 63 7.6 21.0 193 4 308.8 311.7 297.8 355.4 15.37 4 850 1492 22.5 17.0 71 5.4 18.7 200 10 309.7 312.4 297.5 353.9 14.53 5 800 2017 18.7 15.3 80 3.4 16.3 212 17 311.1 313.7 297.3 353.2 13.76 6 750 2570 15.7 12.4 81 3.3 13.4 224 33 313.6 315.9 296.9 351.1 12.14 7 700 3153 11.6 9.1 84 2.6 10.0 237 39 315.4 317.4 296.1 347.8 10.40 8 650 3770 8.2 -3.2 44 11.4 2.3 253 35 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.65 9 600 4425 3.5 -3.7 59 7.1 -0.2 254 42 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.9 4.87 10 550 5124 -2.3 -5.3 80 3.0 -3.7 255 48 321.4 322.3 293.5 336.7 4.70 11 500 5873 -8.4 -10.8 83 2.4 -9.4 262 54 322.8 323.5 292.8 333.9 3.36 12 450 6682 -13.2 -20.6 54 7.4 -15.4 270 46 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.4 1.65 13 400 7574 -16.5 -22.1 62 5.7 -18.1 273 38 333.6 333.9 294.1 339.4 1.62 14 350 8565 -23.3 -30.8 50 7.4 -24.9 269 33 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.4 0.84 15 300 9673 -32.4 -40.6 44 8.2 -33.4 271 33 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.2 0.37 16 250 10930 -42.7 -51.1 40 8.3 -43.2 270 32 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.1 0.14 17 200 12393 -55.4 -60.0 57 4.5 -55.5 257 28 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14169 -66.2 -69.2 66 3.0 -66.2 247 16 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 248 15 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.47 m Freezing level: 569.68 mb = 4849.10 m = 15908.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.17 mb = 4381.89 m = 14376.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.71 % Est. max temperature: 33.94 C = 93.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.15 mb = 889.34 m = 2917.74 ft T: 27.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 39.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2314.84 m = 7594.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.93 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 45.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2617.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.52 mb = 1839.79 m = 6035.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.52 mb = 2896.85 m = 9503.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.52 mb = 14525.50 m = 47655.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2542.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 329.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.54 Bulk Rich Number: 16.60 Bulk Shear: 157.65 m/s