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: 43.29,-94.77 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 962 400 27.5 25.1 87 2.4 25.7 172 4 304.0 307.9 300.1 367.5 21.25 2 950 514 28.2 21.4 67 6.8 23.2 173 9 305.8 308.9 298.1 357.1 17.11 3 900 993 24.9 18.7 69 6.2 20.5 199 13 307.2 310.0 297.3 353.3 15.29 4 850 1492 21.1 17.1 78 4.0 18.3 213 17 308.2 311.0 297.1 352.3 14.56 5 800 2016 17.8 15.0 84 2.8 15.9 221 23 310.1 312.6 296.9 351.4 13.54 6 750 2567 15.0 12.5 85 2.5 13.3 234 37 312.8 315.2 296.7 350.5 12.23 7 700 3149 11.6 8.5 81 3.1 9.6 242 42 315.4 317.3 295.9 346.6 10.01 8 650 3766 7.9 1.6 64 6.4 4.3 258 36 317.9 319.2 294.1 339.0 6.61 9 600 4422 3.3 -4.0 59 7.3 -0.3 261 43 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.4 4.76 10 550 5121 -2.2 -6.1 75 3.9 -4.1 261 47 321.5 322.3 293.3 335.9 4.40 11 500 5870 -8.2 -10.7 82 2.5 -9.2 265 53 323.0 323.7 292.9 334.3 3.37 12 450 6680 -12.7 -16.7 72 4.0 -14.1 271 46 327.3 327.7 293.1 335.2 2.30 13 400 7573 -16.6 -19.4 79 2.8 -17.5 273 35 333.4 333.8 294.5 340.6 2.05 14 350 8563 -23.8 -26.5 78 2.7 -24.4 264 32 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.3 1.25 15 300 9669 -32.5 -34.6 82 2.1 -32.9 267 34 339.5 339.7 294.8 342.1 0.68 16 250 10925 -42.9 -44.8 81 1.9 -43.0 267 35 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.4 0.28 17 200 12388 -55.3 -56.3 89 1.0 -55.4 257 31 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.09 18 150 14170 -65.2 -68.2 66 3.0 -65.3 243 16 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.03 19 100 16652 -60.1 -84.1 3 23.9 -60.4 253 12 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.10 m Freezing level: 569.97 mb = 4841.42 m = 15883.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.58 mb = 4372.85 m = 14346.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.48 mb = 707.11 m = 2319.89 ft T: 26.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 32.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2045.19 m = 6709.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 43.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2232.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.07 mb = 1614.51 m = 5296.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.07 mb = 2993.29 m = 9820.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.07 mb = 14044.75 m = 46078.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2206.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 331.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.21 Bulk Rich Number: 15.52 Bulk Shear: 143.83 m/s