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: 43.00,-92.92 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -92.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 971 329 27.5 25.2 87 2.4 25.7 161 10 303.2 307.1 299.9 366.3 21.17 2 950 522 27.4 23.0 77 4.3 24.2 167 19 305.0 308.5 299.0 361.7 18.97 3 900 1000 24.4 20.4 78 4.0 21.5 187 27 306.6 309.8 298.2 357.7 16.97 4 850 1500 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.2 203 31 308.4 311.1 297.1 352.2 14.48 5 800 2024 18.1 12.7 71 5.4 14.5 215 34 310.5 312.7 295.7 346.0 11.63 6 750 2576 16.2 5.4 49 10.8 9.6 234 36 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.6 7.50 7 700 3158 11.5 6.1 69 5.4 8.2 239 40 315.2 316.9 294.7 341.8 8.48 8 650 3774 7.5 3.7 77 3.8 5.3 245 41 317.5 319.0 294.8 341.9 7.71 9 600 4429 2.8 -0.2 80 3.0 1.1 260 39 319.4 320.6 294.2 339.5 6.29 10 550 5127 -2.6 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.0 270 42 321.0 322.0 294.0 338.5 5.43 11 500 5876 -8.5 -9.8 90 1.3 -9.1 277 46 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.7 3.63 12 450 6687 -12.3 -16.7 70 4.4 -13.8 281 43 327.8 328.3 293.3 335.7 2.30 13 400 7581 -16.7 -20.7 71 4.0 -17.9 270 32 333.3 333.7 294.3 339.9 1.84 14 350 8570 -23.8 -26.1 81 2.3 -24.3 278 30 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.5 1.30 15 300 9678 -32.0 -34.4 79 2.4 -32.4 285 23 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.9 0.69 16 250 10938 -42.1 -46.8 60 4.7 -42.4 276 18 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.23 17 200 12406 -55.0 -59.7 56 4.7 -55.1 200 17 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14186 -65.0 -68.1 65 3.1 -65.0 298 10 358.1 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.03 19 100 16661 -61.7 -83.7 4 21.9 -62.0 241 18 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.78 m Freezing level: 574.18 mb = 4789.87 m = 15714.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.38 mb = 4613.47 m = 15135.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.79 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.69 mb = 628.31 m = 2061.35 ft T: 26.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 28.72 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1729.60 m = 5674.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -8.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 25.47 C K Index: 41.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3020.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.22 mb = 1304.87 m = 4281.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.22 mb = 2755.23 m = 9039.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.22 mb = 14426.37 m = 47330.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2981.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 428.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.80 Bulk Rich Number: 17.38 Bulk Shear: 173.75 m/s