MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-96.26 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 417 28.7 24.1 76 4.6 25.3 133 8 304.9 308.6 299.6 364.7 19.96 2 950 561 28.8 21.4 64 7.4 23.3 141 15 306.4 309.6 298.2 357.8 17.09 3 900 1041 25.3 18.7 67 6.6 20.6 161 20 307.6 310.4 297.4 353.5 15.21 4 850 1541 22.0 16.5 71 5.5 18.1 189 23 309.2 311.8 297.0 351.7 14.00 5 800 2066 18.4 14.2 77 4.1 15.5 210 30 310.7 313.1 296.6 350.0 12.84 6 750 2619 17.6 6.1 47 11.5 10.6 227 27 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.5 7.90 7 700 3206 14.9 -3.8 27 18.7 5.2 241 20 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.4 4.13 8 650 3827 9.9 -6.6 31 16.5 1.8 259 19 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.0 3.60 9 600 4485 4.2 -12.3 29 16.4 -2.8 270 20 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.2 2.48 10 550 5184 -2.1 -16.4 33 14.3 -7.4 268 23 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.93 11 500 5931 -8.9 -18.6 45 9.7 -12.1 267 26 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.76 12 450 6737 -15.5 -22.8 53 7.3 -17.5 276 31 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.5 1.36 13 400 7615 -21.7 -28.9 52 7.2 -23.2 296 26 326.8 327.0 291.7 329.9 0.88 14 350 8582 -29.4 -38.4 41 9.0 -30.6 292 21 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.40 15 300 9666 -36.4 -49.3 25 12.8 -37.4 276 29 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.14 16 250 10905 -46.0 -55.1 35 9.1 -46.4 282 32 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.09 17 200 12350 -57.2 -61.5 58 4.2 -57.3 274 36 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 18 150 14153 -58.5 -75.4 10 16.9 -58.7 288 20 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.4 -59.5 262 9 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.95 m Freezing level: 566.94 mb = 4946.99 m = 16230.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.17 mb = 4081.71 m = 13391.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.41 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.06 mb = 1000.58 m = 3282.71 ft T: 25.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 36.57 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2994.98 m = 9825.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.50 C = 106.71 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 28.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3152.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.36 mb = 1733.32 m = 5686.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.36 mb = 4001.32 m = 13127.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.36 mb = 13504.17 m = 44304.50 ft B at Equ Level: 3110.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 275.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.29 Bulk Rich Number: 30.85 Bulk Shear: 102.18 m/s