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: 43.48,-92.55 Latitude: 43.48 Longitude: -92.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 968 393 26.6 24.2 87 2.4 24.9 177 13 302.6 306.3 299.1 362.1 20.05 2 950 556 26.2 22.8 82 3.3 23.7 179 23 303.7 307.2 298.6 359.5 18.73 3 900 1033 23.6 19.6 78 4.1 20.8 196 35 305.9 308.9 297.5 354.3 16.15 4 850 1532 21.7 15.2 67 6.5 17.2 217 36 308.9 311.3 296.2 348.0 12.90 5 800 2057 20.6 10.1 51 10.5 13.8 236 33 313.2 315.0 295.1 343.4 9.78 6 750 2613 17.9 6.8 48 11.1 11.0 255 30 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.1 8.29 7 700 3199 13.5 3.9 52 9.6 7.8 270 20 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.4 7.26 8 650 3818 8.7 -5.6 36 14.3 1.7 297 12 318.8 319.6 292.1 331.5 3.88 9 600 4473 3.1 -7.3 46 10.4 -1.7 308 19 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.8 3.69 10 550 5171 -3.1 -10.3 57 7.2 -6.2 318 23 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.9 3.17 11 500 5916 -9.2 -16.4 56 7.2 -11.7 320 25 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.0 2.12 12 450 6722 -14.9 -22.2 54 7.3 -16.9 317 22 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.44 13 400 7602 -21.4 -27.7 57 6.3 -22.8 303 17 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.7 0.99 14 350 8573 -27.7 -42.3 24 14.6 -29.5 274 14 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.26 15 300 9664 -35.2 -49.4 22 14.2 -36.4 256 16 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.14 16 250 10907 -45.3 -46.0 93 0.7 -45.3 235 19 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.7 0.25 17 200 12359 -56.4 -58.4 78 2.0 -56.4 260 18 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 18 150 14146 -62.4 -70.6 33 8.1 -62.6 278 13 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 19 100 16665 -60.7 -84.2 3 23.4 -61.0 274 13 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.74 m Freezing level: 574.80 mb = 4824.83 m = 15829.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.57 mb = 4131.81 m = 13555.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.59 % Est. max temperature: 35.53 C = 95.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.17 mb = 694.85 m = 2279.65 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 30.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.46 mb = 2687.80 m = 8818.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.11 C = 104.19 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3121.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.89 mb = 1359.93 m = 4461.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.89 mb = 3666.84 m = 12030.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.89 mb = 13672.25 m = 44855.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3105.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.3 neg: -10.0 tot: 404.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.83 Bulk Rich Number: 23.90 Bulk Shear: 130.64 m/s