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: 43.02,-95.32 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 959 428 28.7 25.4 82 3.3 26.2 102 2 305.5 309.5 300.7 370.8 21.72 2 950 509 29.6 21.4 62 8.2 23.6 130 5 307.2 310.4 298.5 358.9 17.16 3 900 991 26.4 18.4 61 8.1 20.6 180 9 308.7 311.5 297.5 353.9 14.92 4 850 1493 22.3 16.9 71 5.4 18.5 200 13 309.5 312.2 297.3 353.2 14.37 5 800 2017 18.2 15.2 83 3.0 16.2 212 18 310.6 313.2 297.2 352.6 13.75 6 750 2569 15.1 12.7 85 2.5 13.5 225 32 313.0 315.4 296.9 351.3 12.39 7 700 3152 11.3 10.0 91 1.3 10.4 236 42 315.0 317.1 296.5 349.5 11.06 8 650 3768 8.0 -0.3 56 8.3 3.5 255 37 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.4 5.76 9 600 4424 3.5 -3.4 61 6.9 -0.0 256 44 320.2 321.1 293.4 336.3 4.97 10 550 5123 -2.3 -5.1 81 2.8 -3.7 257 49 321.4 322.3 293.6 336.9 4.76 11 500 5872 -8.3 -10.9 82 2.6 -9.4 264 54 322.9 323.5 292.8 334.0 3.33 12 450 6682 -12.8 -19.6 57 6.8 -15.0 272 46 327.1 327.5 292.6 333.3 1.79 13 400 7574 -16.3 -21.5 64 5.3 -17.9 275 36 333.8 334.2 294.3 339.9 1.71 14 350 8566 -23.4 -29.5 57 6.2 -24.7 267 31 337.2 337.4 294.5 340.7 0.94 15 300 9673 -32.4 -38.5 55 6.1 -33.2 269 31 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.46 16 250 10930 -42.8 -48.1 57 5.2 -43.2 269 31 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.20 17 200 12393 -55.5 -57.9 75 2.3 -55.6 257 28 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14169 -66.0 -68.8 68 2.8 -66.0 252 16 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.8 -60.6 252 14 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.16 m Freezing level: 569.64 mb = 4848.35 m = 15906.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.55 mb = 4416.11 m = 14488.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.67 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.70 mb = 846.31 m = 2776.56 ft T: 27.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 34.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.93 mb = 2256.68 m = 7403.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.78 C = 94.60 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 46.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2406.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.62 mb = 1850.12 m = 6069.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.62 mb = 2790.32 m = 9154.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.62 mb = 14143.57 m = 46402.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2387.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 360.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.36 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 166.39 m/s