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: 43.05,-95.35 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 431 28.7 25.4 82 3.3 26.2 90 2 305.5 309.6 300.7 371.0 21.74 2 950 509 29.5 21.4 62 8.1 23.6 126 4 307.2 310.4 298.5 359.0 17.18 3 900 990 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.7 182 8 308.6 311.4 297.5 354.2 15.06 4 850 1492 22.1 17.0 73 5.2 18.5 201 12 309.3 312.1 297.4 353.3 14.48 5 800 2017 18.2 15.3 83 2.9 16.2 212 18 310.5 313.1 297.2 352.7 13.80 6 750 2569 15.2 12.6 85 2.5 13.5 225 33 313.1 315.4 296.9 351.2 12.36 7 700 3151 11.4 9.7 90 1.6 10.3 237 41 315.1 317.2 296.4 349.0 10.88 8 650 3768 8.0 -1.1 53 9.1 3.1 255 37 318.1 319.1 293.2 335.5 5.45 9 600 4423 3.5 -3.7 59 7.2 -0.2 256 44 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.9 4.85 10 550 5123 -2.3 -5.4 79 3.1 -3.8 257 49 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.6 4.67 11 500 5872 -8.3 -11.0 81 2.7 -9.4 263 54 322.9 323.5 292.7 333.9 3.31 12 450 6681 -12.9 -19.7 57 6.8 -15.0 271 46 327.1 327.4 292.6 333.3 1.78 13 400 7574 -16.3 -21.5 64 5.2 -17.9 274 37 333.8 334.1 294.3 339.9 1.71 14 350 8565 -23.4 -29.7 56 6.3 -24.8 267 32 337.2 337.4 294.5 340.7 0.93 15 300 9672 -32.4 -38.7 53 6.3 -33.2 270 32 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.45 16 250 10929 -42.8 -48.5 53 5.7 -43.2 269 32 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.19 17 200 12392 -55.5 -58.1 72 2.6 -55.6 256 28 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 18 150 14169 -66.0 -68.8 68 2.8 -66.0 249 16 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 253 14 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.46 m Freezing level: 569.73 mb = 4846.63 m = 15900.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.38 mb = 4390.84 m = 14405.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.88 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.15 mb = 851.59 m = 2793.89 ft T: 27.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 35.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.66 mb = 2226.18 m = 7303.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 45.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2426.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.66 mb = 1828.01 m = 5997.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.66 mb = 2882.24 m = 9456.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.66 mb = 14059.94 m = 46127.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2422.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 14.89 Bulk Shear: 162.99 m/s