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: 43.23,-96.48 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -96.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 965 418 29.3 23.9 72 5.5 25.2 146 8 305.5 309.2 299.5 364.5 19.65 2 950 561 29.7 21.1 60 8.6 23.4 154 15 307.3 310.4 298.2 357.9 16.76 3 900 1042 26.3 18.4 62 7.9 20.6 174 23 308.6 311.4 297.5 353.9 14.94 4 850 1544 22.6 15.6 64 7.1 17.7 188 31 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.1 13.20 5 800 2070 18.5 14.2 76 4.3 15.6 205 34 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.2 12.84 6 750 2622 16.1 9.1 63 7.0 11.6 215 36 314.1 315.9 295.3 344.2 9.71 7 700 3207 14.5 -1.0 34 15.6 6.0 238 26 318.6 319.6 293.0 334.9 5.07 8 650 3828 10.0 -7.8 28 17.8 1.5 253 21 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.1 3.27 9 600 4486 4.5 -14.5 24 19.0 -3.2 268 17 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.07 10 550 5186 -1.9 -17.0 31 15.0 -7.4 268 20 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.0 1.84 11 500 5934 -8.8 -18.0 47 9.2 -11.9 273 28 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.85 12 450 6738 -16.0 -19.3 76 3.2 -17.0 272 28 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.4 1.85 13 400 7615 -22.4 -25.5 75 3.2 -23.1 288 31 325.9 326.1 291.7 330.1 1.20 14 350 8583 -28.8 -41.2 29 12.4 -30.3 295 19 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 15 300 9666 -37.7 -46.8 38 9.1 -38.4 273 13 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 16 250 10895 -47.7 -50.3 74 2.7 -47.8 259 21 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.15 17 200 12336 -56.2 -62.2 46 6.1 -56.3 275 33 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14150 -58.4 -75.2 10 16.8 -58.6 281 19 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16685 -59.4 -84.6 2 25.2 -59.7 244 8 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.93 m Freezing level: 565.12 mb = 4974.52 m = 16320.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.74 mb = 4036.45 m = 13242.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.32 C = 93.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.12 mb = 1119.55 m = 3673.03 ft T: 25.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2568.25 m = 8425.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.46 C = 99.43 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3246.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.46 mb = 1893.21 m = 6211.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.46 mb = 4066.17 m = 13340.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.46 mb = 13307.11 m = 43657.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3224.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 346.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.14 Bulk Rich Number: 38.38 Bulk Shear: 84.58 m/s