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: 43.09,-95.25 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -95.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 959 429 28.3 25.2 84 3.0 26.0 118 2 305.0 309.1 300.5 369.8 21.55 2 950 510 29.1 21.5 63 7.7 23.5 140 5 306.8 310.0 298.4 358.6 17.23 3 900 991 26.1 18.5 63 7.6 20.6 186 9 308.4 311.2 297.4 353.9 15.02 4 850 1492 22.1 16.9 72 5.2 18.5 204 14 309.3 312.0 297.3 353.1 14.40 5 800 2017 18.1 15.2 83 3.0 16.1 213 20 310.5 313.1 297.1 352.3 13.69 6 750 2569 15.0 12.8 87 2.2 13.5 226 32 312.8 315.2 296.9 351.2 12.45 7 700 3151 11.4 9.4 88 2.0 10.1 237 42 315.1 317.2 296.3 348.3 10.66 8 650 3767 7.9 -0.1 57 8.0 3.5 255 37 317.9 319.0 293.4 336.6 5.84 9 600 4423 3.5 -3.9 59 7.4 -0.3 257 44 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.6 4.78 10 550 5122 -2.3 -5.6 78 3.4 -3.9 258 49 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.3 4.58 11 500 5871 -8.3 -11.2 80 2.9 -9.5 264 55 322.9 323.6 292.7 333.8 3.26 12 450 6681 -12.8 -19.2 58 6.4 -14.9 271 46 327.2 327.6 292.7 333.7 1.86 13 400 7574 -16.3 -21.2 66 4.9 -17.8 274 36 333.8 334.2 294.3 340.1 1.76 14 350 8565 -23.5 -29.1 60 5.6 -24.7 266 32 337.1 337.3 294.5 340.8 0.98 15 300 9672 -32.4 -37.7 59 5.3 -33.1 268 32 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.6 0.50 16 250 10928 -42.9 -47.4 61 4.5 -43.2 268 32 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.21 17 200 12391 -55.5 -57.5 79 1.9 -55.6 257 29 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14168 -65.8 -68.7 67 2.9 -65.8 249 16 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16651 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 254 14 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.79 m Freezing level: 569.78 mb = 4845.22 m = 15896.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.59 mb = 4373.86 m = 14349.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.37 mb = 811.14 m = 2661.19 ft T: 27.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 34.17 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2202.67 m = 7226.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.40 C = 93.93 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 45.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2370.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.47 mb = 1798.41 m = 5900.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.47 mb = 2849.18 m = 9347.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.47 mb = 14355.99 m = 47099.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2312.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 354.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.32 Bulk Rich Number: 14.60 Bulk Shear: 162.42 m/s