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: 43.81,-92.67 Latitude: 43.81 Longitude: -92.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 969 375 26.9 24.3 86 2.6 25.0 180 13 302.7 306.4 299.2 362.4 20.09 2 950 553 26.3 22.9 82 3.4 23.8 183 23 303.9 307.3 298.7 360.0 18.83 3 900 1029 23.3 20.0 82 3.3 20.9 197 34 305.5 308.6 297.7 355.1 16.56 4 850 1528 21.8 15.3 66 6.5 17.3 222 35 309.0 311.4 296.3 348.3 12.94 5 800 2054 20.9 9.8 49 11.1 13.7 240 31 313.4 315.2 295.1 343.1 9.57 6 750 2611 18.3 6.3 46 11.9 10.9 254 24 316.4 318.0 294.7 341.7 8.03 7 700 3197 13.6 3.3 50 10.3 7.5 267 15 317.5 318.9 294.2 339.6 6.95 8 650 3816 8.9 -8.0 29 16.9 1.0 305 13 319.0 319.6 291.6 329.6 3.22 9 600 4471 3.2 -6.8 48 10.0 -1.6 300 20 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.3 3.82 10 550 5169 -3.0 -10.8 55 7.9 -6.3 312 24 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.6 3.04 11 500 5915 -9.4 -15.1 63 5.7 -11.5 314 25 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.6 2.37 12 450 6719 -15.2 -21.8 57 6.6 -17.1 311 26 324.2 324.4 291.5 329.3 1.48 13 400 7598 -21.7 -29.3 50 7.5 -23.3 305 21 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.8 0.85 14 350 8569 -27.6 -43.0 21 15.5 -29.4 274 17 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.24 15 300 9661 -35.2 -52.7 15 17.5 -36.4 253 18 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10904 -45.2 -49.1 65 3.9 -45.4 243 20 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.17 17 200 12355 -56.7 -59.0 75 2.3 -56.8 257 22 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 18 150 14144 -62.5 -71.0 31 8.5 -62.6 276 13 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16664 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.0 266 12 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.61 m Freezing level: 574.17 mb = 4831.60 m = 15851.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.00 mb = 4058.84 m = 13316.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.79 % Est. max temperature: 35.76 C = 96.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.75 mb = 705.01 m = 2312.99 ft T: 25.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 32.86 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.87 mb = 2691.83 m = 8831.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.63 C = 105.13 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: -8.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3292.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.80 mb = 1297.13 m = 4255.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.80 mb = 3590.31 m = 11779.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.80 mb = 13828.24 m = 45367.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3267.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.8 neg: -20.6 tot: 330.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.22 Bulk Rich Number: 28.43 Bulk Shear: 115.82 m/s