MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-96.18 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -96.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 966 420 28.5 23.2 73 5.2 24.6 148 11 304.6 308.1 298.9 361.1 18.90 2 950 564 28.9 20.7 61 8.2 22.9 154 20 306.5 309.6 297.9 355.9 16.40 3 900 1044 25.7 18.0 62 7.7 20.3 171 28 308.0 310.8 297.1 352.2 14.61 4 850 1546 22.5 15.9 66 6.6 17.9 192 30 309.7 312.2 296.8 350.7 13.48 5 800 2071 18.9 13.7 72 5.2 15.4 212 35 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.2 12.40 6 750 2623 16.5 8.7 60 7.8 11.6 223 35 314.5 316.3 295.3 344.0 9.48 7 700 3210 14.7 -1.6 33 16.3 5.8 240 25 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.4 4.86 8 650 3831 10.1 -7.1 29 17.2 1.8 255 20 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.7 3.45 9 600 4489 4.5 -14.7 23 19.3 -3.2 273 16 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.03 10 550 5189 -1.9 -17.6 29 15.7 -7.5 274 18 321.8 322.2 291.1 327.8 1.75 11 500 5937 -8.8 -18.2 46 9.4 -11.9 278 27 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.82 12 450 6741 -16.2 -19.5 76 3.3 -17.2 276 24 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.0 1.82 13 400 7617 -22.4 -26.0 72 3.7 -23.2 292 31 325.9 326.2 291.7 330.0 1.14 14 350 8585 -29.0 -40.6 32 11.7 -30.4 297 19 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.31 15 300 9667 -37.8 -46.5 40 8.7 -38.5 279 15 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.19 16 250 10896 -47.7 -50.9 70 3.2 -47.9 263 25 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 17 200 12338 -55.7 -62.4 43 6.7 -55.9 279 33 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14152 -59.0 -75.0 11 15.9 -59.3 279 18 368.3 368.3 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16687 -59.2 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.6 239 8 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.96 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4982.14 m = 16345.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.15 mb = 4059.65 m = 13318.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.58 % Est. max temperature: 34.52 C = 94.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.51 mb = 1087.89 m = 3569.16 ft T: 25.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 33.35 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 3049.96 m = 10006.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.26 C = 106.26 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2976.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.94 mb = 1857.69 m = 6094.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.94 mb = 4286.74 m = 14063.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.94 mb = 13182.64 m = 43249.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2958.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 366.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.38 Bulk Rich Number: 29.53 Bulk Shear: 100.79 m/s