MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.3,-92.81 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -92.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 971 359 27.1 24.7 87 2.4 25.3 171 12 302.8 306.5 299.4 363.8 20.53 2 950 555 26.7 23.0 80 3.8 24.0 175 22 304.3 307.8 298.8 360.8 18.91 3 900 1032 24.5 18.9 71 5.5 20.5 194 34 306.7 309.6 297.3 353.2 15.47 4 850 1533 22.0 15.4 66 6.6 17.4 214 35 309.2 311.6 296.3 348.7 13.01 5 800 2058 20.6 10.4 52 10.2 13.9 232 32 313.1 315.0 295.2 343.8 9.94 6 750 2614 18.0 6.1 46 11.9 10.7 250 28 316.2 317.7 294.6 341.1 7.91 7 700 3201 13.6 4.1 53 9.5 7.9 268 20 317.5 318.9 294.5 340.8 7.35 8 650 3820 8.9 -5.6 36 14.4 1.7 293 11 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.7 3.89 9 600 4475 3.2 -7.5 45 10.7 -1.8 306 17 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.7 3.64 10 550 5173 -2.9 -10.8 55 7.9 -6.2 323 21 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.7 3.05 11 500 5919 -9.2 -16.0 58 6.8 -11.6 324 23 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.2 2.19 12 450 6724 -15.0 -20.9 60 5.9 -16.7 314 20 324.4 324.7 291.7 329.9 1.60 13 400 7604 -21.6 -28.7 53 7.1 -23.1 304 19 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.90 14 350 8575 -27.8 -42.4 23 14.6 -29.5 284 15 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.26 15 300 9665 -35.5 -50.2 21 14.8 -36.6 259 15 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 16 250 10908 -45.2 -47.7 76 2.5 -45.4 236 17 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.7 0.20 17 200 12360 -56.5 -58.4 79 2.0 -56.5 263 20 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.07 18 150 14147 -62.7 -70.5 34 7.9 -62.7 275 14 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.02 19 100 16665 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 269 11 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.56 m Freezing level: 573.88 mb = 4839.55 m = 15877.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.55 mb = 4133.60 m = 13561.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.49 % Est. max temperature: 35.63 C = 96.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.21 mb = 665.34 m = 2182.84 ft T: 26.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 32.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.41 mb = 2712.22 m = 8898.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.63 C = 105.14 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -8.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3245.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.13 mb = 1418.72 m = 4654.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.13 mb = 3614.79 m = 11859.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.13 mb = 13898.07 m = 45596.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3212.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.7 neg: -4.0 tot: 381.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.52 Bulk Rich Number: 28.43 Bulk Shear: 114.17 m/s