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: 43.1,-95.48 Latitude: 43.10 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 59 SFC 957 441 28.9 25.4 82 3.5 26.3 25 2 305.8 309.9 300.9 371.7 21.85 2 950 509 29.6 21.5 62 8.1 23.6 71 2 307.2 310.4 298.5 359.2 17.24 3 900 990 26.1 18.8 64 7.2 20.9 190 5 308.4 311.3 297.7 355.0 15.38 4 850 1492 21.8 17.2 75 4.6 18.6 201 11 309.0 311.8 297.4 353.7 14.71 5 800 2016 18.0 15.5 85 2.5 16.3 211 17 310.3 313.0 297.3 352.9 13.95 6 750 2568 15.4 12.5 83 2.9 13.4 224 35 313.2 315.6 296.8 351.0 12.24 7 700 3150 11.5 9.2 86 2.3 10.0 238 39 315.3 317.3 296.2 348.1 10.53 8 650 3767 8.2 -3.7 43 11.9 2.1 254 36 318.3 319.1 292.4 332.7 4.48 9 600 4422 3.5 -4.5 56 8.0 -0.5 255 44 320.2 321.1 293.0 335.0 4.56 10 550 5122 -2.3 -5.9 76 3.6 -4.0 255 49 321.3 322.2 293.3 336.0 4.48 11 500 5871 -8.4 -11.2 80 2.8 -9.5 262 55 322.8 323.5 292.7 333.7 3.26 12 450 6680 -13.0 -20.1 55 7.1 -15.2 269 47 326.9 327.3 292.5 332.9 1.72 13 400 7572 -16.4 -21.7 64 5.3 -18.0 273 38 333.7 334.0 294.3 339.7 1.69 14 350 8563 -23.4 -30.3 53 6.9 -24.9 268 34 337.2 337.3 294.4 340.4 0.88 15 300 9670 -32.4 -39.8 47 7.5 -33.3 270 35 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.40 16 250 10927 -42.7 -50.6 42 7.9 -43.2 269 33 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.2 0.15 17 200 12391 -55.3 -59.2 62 3.9 -55.4 254 29 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 14168 -66.2 -68.8 70 2.6 -66.2 244 17 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16651 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.7 253 15 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.58 m Freezing level: 569.91 mb = 4843.20 m = 15889.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.63 mb = 4292.16 m = 14081.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.77 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.98 mb = 882.14 m = 2894.14 ft T: 26.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 38.97 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2154.73 m = 7069.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 45.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2502.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.96 mb = 1792.22 m = 5879.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.96 mb = 2842.83 m = 9326.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.96 mb = 14335.23 m = 47031.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2462.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 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: 9.6 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 15.62 Bulk Shear: 160.25 m/s