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: 43.33,-96.26 Latitude: 43.33 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 110 SFC 964 431 28.5 23.6 75 4.9 24.9 136 9 304.9 308.5 299.2 362.9 19.40 2 950 562 28.4 21.4 66 7.0 23.3 142 15 306.0 309.2 298.2 357.4 17.14 3 900 1041 24.7 19.1 71 5.6 20.6 162 20 306.9 309.8 297.5 353.9 15.62 4 850 1541 21.2 16.9 77 4.3 18.2 188 23 308.3 311.0 297.1 352.0 14.41 5 800 2064 17.8 14.5 81 3.3 15.5 209 30 310.1 312.6 296.6 350.0 13.07 6 750 2617 17.9 4.9 42 12.9 10.0 227 26 316.0 317.4 294.0 338.9 7.27 7 700 3204 14.9 -3.5 28 18.4 5.2 243 19 318.9 319.8 292.4 332.6 4.21 8 650 3825 9.9 -8.0 27 17.9 1.4 261 18 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.8 3.22 9 600 4482 4.1 -13.0 28 17.1 -3.0 271 21 320.9 321.4 291.4 328.8 2.35 10 550 5181 -2.3 -15.7 35 13.4 -7.3 268 25 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.3 2.05 11 500 5928 -9.0 -18.3 47 9.3 -12.1 265 27 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.2 1.81 12 450 6734 -15.4 -22.9 53 7.5 -17.4 274 32 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.6 1.35 13 400 7611 -21.9 -28.3 56 6.4 -23.2 295 27 326.5 326.7 291.7 329.9 0.93 14 350 8579 -29.5 -38.0 44 8.5 -30.6 297 22 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.41 15 300 9660 -37.0 -48.6 29 11.6 -37.8 273 28 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.15 16 250 10899 -45.6 -56.3 29 10.7 -46.1 281 33 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12346 -56.9 -61.8 53 4.9 -57.0 276 36 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14150 -58.6 -75.3 10 16.6 -58.9 287 19 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16680 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.4 -59.5 260 9 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.19 m Freezing level: 567.65 mb = 4934.62 m = 16189.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.78 mb = 4032.56 m = 13230.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.25 mb = 1058.03 m = 3471.20 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 34.73 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.70 mb = 2955.97 m = 9697.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.23 C = 106.22 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.93 C K Index: 28.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3128.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.51 mb = 1647.96 m = 5406.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.51 mb = 4023.09 m = 13198.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.51 mb = 13571.24 m = 44524.52 ft B at Equ Level: 3074.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.6 neg: -3.2 tot: 267.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.15 Bulk Rich Number: 30.85 Bulk Shear: 101.43 m/s