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: 43.10,-96.49 Latitude: 43.10 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 966 410 29.3 24.3 75 5.0 25.6 144 7 305.4 309.2 299.8 366.0 20.18 2 950 561 29.8 21.0 59 8.7 23.4 153 15 307.4 310.5 298.3 357.9 16.74 3 900 1042 26.7 18.2 60 8.5 20.6 174 24 309.0 311.7 297.4 353.7 14.73 4 850 1545 22.9 15.4 63 7.5 17.7 188 31 310.1 312.6 296.6 349.9 13.04 5 800 2071 18.8 14.1 74 4.7 15.6 206 33 311.2 313.6 296.7 350.2 12.75 6 750 2623 16.0 9.5 66 6.4 11.9 215 36 313.9 315.8 295.5 345.0 10.02 7 700 3208 14.6 -1.2 34 15.8 6.0 239 26 318.7 319.7 293.0 334.8 5.00 8 650 3829 10.1 -7.8 28 17.9 1.5 253 21 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.1 3.27 9 600 4488 4.6 -15.1 22 19.7 -3.3 270 16 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.0 1.96 10 550 5188 -1.9 -16.5 32 14.7 -7.3 269 19 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.91 11 500 5936 -8.8 -18.0 47 9.2 -11.9 274 27 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.85 12 450 6740 -16.1 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.9 272 28 323.0 323.4 291.6 329.7 1.97 13 400 7616 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -23.1 286 30 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.2 1.30 14 350 8585 -28.8 -41.2 29 12.4 -30.3 294 19 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 15 300 9667 -37.6 -46.7 38 9.1 -38.3 274 14 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10897 -47.8 -49.9 79 2.1 -47.9 259 21 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.16 17 200 12338 -56.0 -62.5 44 6.5 -56.2 273 34 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14152 -58.4 -75.2 10 16.8 -58.6 283 19 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -59.8 246 9 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.34 m Freezing level: 564.60 mb = 4983.25 m = 16349.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.13 mb = 4032.65 m = 13230.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.65 C = 94.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.40 mb = 1048.12 m = 3438.68 ft T: 26.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.19 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2560.43 m = 8400.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.42 C = 99.35 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -7.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3257.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.47 mb = 1925.78 m = 6318.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.47 mb = 4106.49 m = 13472.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.47 mb = 13419.50 m = 44026.69 ft B at Equ Level: 3220.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.26 Bulk Rich Number: 39.03 Bulk Shear: 83.47 m/s