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: 43.15,-96.38 Latitude: 43.15 Longitude: -96.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 966 417 29.0 23.8 74 5.2 25.1 146 9 305.2 308.8 299.4 363.9 19.58 2 950 562 29.4 21.0 60 8.5 23.2 153 17 307.1 310.2 298.1 357.3 16.65 3 900 1043 26.2 18.2 61 8.0 20.5 173 25 308.5 311.3 297.3 353.3 14.78 4 850 1545 22.6 15.6 65 7.0 17.8 189 31 309.9 312.4 296.7 350.3 13.27 5 800 2070 18.7 14.0 74 4.7 15.5 208 34 311.1 313.5 296.6 349.9 12.67 6 750 2622 16.2 9.1 63 7.1 11.7 218 35 314.2 316.0 295.4 344.4 9.74 7 700 3208 14.6 -1.3 34 15.9 5.9 239 26 318.7 319.6 293.0 334.7 4.98 8 650 3829 10.0 -7.5 28 17.6 1.6 254 20 320.3 321.0 292.1 331.3 3.34 9 600 4488 4.5 -14.7 23 19.2 -3.2 270 16 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.2 2.03 10 550 5187 -1.9 -17.0 30 15.1 -7.4 270 19 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.0 1.83 11 500 5935 -8.8 -18.1 47 9.3 -11.9 275 27 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.84 12 450 6740 -16.1 -19.1 78 3.0 -17.0 273 27 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.4 1.87 13 400 7616 -22.4 -25.4 77 3.0 -23.1 289 31 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.1 1.21 14 350 8584 -28.9 -41.0 30 12.2 -30.3 296 19 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 15 300 9667 -37.7 -46.6 39 8.9 -38.4 275 14 332.2 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 16 250 10896 -47.7 -50.4 74 2.7 -47.9 261 23 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.15 17 200 12337 -56.0 -62.4 45 6.4 -56.1 276 33 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14151 -58.6 -75.1 10 16.5 -58.8 281 19 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16686 -59.4 -84.5 2 25.2 -59.7 243 8 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.20 m Freezing level: 564.87 mb = 4979.36 m = 16336.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4042.99 m = 13264.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.05 % Est. max temperature: 34.47 C = 94.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.79 mb = 1084.09 m = 3556.68 ft T: 25.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 35.84 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2684.53 m = 8807.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.06 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -7.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -5.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 31.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3164.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.10 mb = 1887.04 m = 6191.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.10 mb = 4190.12 m = 13746.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.10 mb = 13284.60 m = 43584.10 ft B at Equ Level: 3141.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 262.7 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): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 354.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.27 Bulk Rich Number: 35.65 Bulk Shear: 88.75 m/s