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,-95.48 Latitude: 43.02 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 58 SFC 958 435 29.3 25.6 80 3.7 26.4 43 2 306.2 310.3 301.0 372.6 22.01 2 950 508 30.0 21.4 60 8.7 23.6 87 3 307.6 310.8 298.5 359.3 17.08 3 900 990 26.4 18.6 62 7.8 20.9 175 5 308.7 311.6 297.7 354.8 15.20 4 850 1492 22.1 17.2 74 4.9 18.7 195 10 309.3 312.0 297.4 353.8 14.66 5 800 2017 18.1 15.5 85 2.6 16.4 210 16 310.5 313.1 297.3 353.3 14.01 6 750 2569 15.5 12.4 82 3.0 13.4 224 34 313.4 315.7 296.8 351.1 12.20 7 700 3151 11.4 10.0 91 1.4 10.5 237 40 315.1 317.2 296.5 349.6 11.10 8 650 3768 8.2 -2.9 45 11.1 2.5 254 36 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.6 4.76 9 600 4424 3.6 -3.6 59 7.2 -0.1 254 43 320.2 321.2 293.3 336.1 4.88 10 550 5123 -2.3 -5.1 81 2.8 -3.7 255 49 321.3 322.3 293.5 336.8 4.75 11 500 5872 -8.4 -10.8 83 2.3 -9.4 262 55 322.8 323.4 292.8 334.0 3.37 12 450 6681 -13.0 -20.3 54 7.3 -15.3 270 47 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.7 1.69 13 400 7573 -16.3 -21.9 62 5.6 -18.0 274 38 333.8 334.1 294.3 339.7 1.66 14 350 8565 -23.4 -30.5 52 7.1 -24.9 268 33 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.5 0.86 15 300 9672 -32.3 -40.2 46 7.9 -33.3 271 33 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.38 16 250 10929 -42.7 -50.3 43 7.6 -43.2 270 32 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.2 0.15 17 200 12393 -55.4 -59.1 63 3.7 -55.5 255 27 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14169 -66.2 -68.8 70 2.6 -66.2 248 16 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.6 252 15 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.14 m Freezing level: 569.70 mb = 4847.46 m = 15903.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.89 mb = 4397.97 m = 14428.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.23 mb = 908.96 m = 2982.13 ft T: 27.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 39.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2240.90 m = 7351.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.71 C = 94.49 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 46.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2511.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.67 mb = 1848.77 m = 6065.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.67 mb = 2905.66 m = 9532.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.67 mb = 14141.32 m = 46394.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2504.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 361.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.63 Bulk Rich Number: 15.10 Bulk Shear: 166.39 m/s