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,-95.71 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 427 29.0 25.6 82 3.4 26.4 1 3 305.8 309.9 300.9 372.3 22.02 2 950 508 29.8 21.6 62 8.2 23.8 1 3 307.4 310.7 298.7 359.8 17.36 3 900 989 26.3 19.0 64 7.2 21.1 217 3 308.6 311.5 297.8 355.8 15.58 4 850 1491 22.5 17.0 71 5.5 18.7 204 10 309.8 312.5 297.5 353.9 14.51 5 800 2017 18.9 15.1 79 3.8 16.3 213 18 311.3 313.9 297.3 353.0 13.62 6 750 2570 15.7 12.4 80 3.4 13.5 224 33 313.6 316.0 296.9 351.2 12.13 7 700 3153 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.6 237 38 315.6 317.5 295.8 346.4 9.87 8 650 3770 8.3 -4.1 41 12.4 2.0 253 34 318.3 319.2 292.3 332.4 4.35 9 600 4425 3.5 -3.9 58 7.4 -0.3 254 42 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.6 4.77 10 550 5125 -2.2 -5.4 79 3.2 -3.8 254 48 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.6 4.64 11 500 5874 -8.4 -10.9 82 2.5 -9.4 261 54 322.8 323.5 292.7 333.9 3.34 12 450 6682 -13.3 -20.6 54 7.4 -15.5 269 46 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.3 1.65 13 400 7574 -16.6 -22.2 62 5.6 -18.2 273 39 333.5 333.8 294.1 339.2 1.62 14 350 8565 -23.4 -30.7 51 7.4 -24.9 269 33 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.4 0.84 15 300 9672 -32.4 -40.5 44 8.2 -33.4 272 34 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.2 0.37 16 250 10929 -42.7 -51.3 39 8.5 -43.2 270 32 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.1 0.14 17 200 12393 -55.4 -60.4 54 5.0 -55.5 258 29 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14169 -66.2 -69.3 64 3.2 -66.2 245 16 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.8 -84.0 3 23.2 -61.0 246 15 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.59 m Freezing level: 569.70 mb = 4849.17 m = 15909.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.98 mb = 4344.18 m = 14252.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.43 % Est. max temperature: 34.14 C = 93.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.70 mb = 864.23 m = 2835.37 ft T: 27.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 39.89 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2310.59 m = 7580.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -7.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 44.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2683.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.00 mb = 1802.78 m = 5914.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.00 mb = 2973.82 m = 9756.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.00 mb = 14376.74 m = 47167.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2647.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 302.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 20.34 Bulk Shear: 131.93 m/s