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: 43.35,-96.62 Latitude: 43.35 Longitude: -96.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 427 29.4 23.6 71 5.7 25.1 138 7 305.7 309.3 299.5 364.0 19.40 2 950 558 29.2 21.2 62 7.9 23.3 145 12 306.8 309.9 298.2 357.8 16.94 3 900 1038 25.2 19.2 69 6.1 20.9 166 16 307.5 310.4 297.7 354.9 15.70 4 850 1539 21.4 17.0 76 4.3 18.3 185 22 308.5 311.2 297.2 352.5 14.51 5 800 2063 18.1 14.1 77 4.0 15.4 204 28 310.5 312.9 296.5 349.4 12.75 6 750 2616 18.1 4.0 39 14.1 9.7 223 24 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.8 6.81 7 700 3203 14.9 -3.2 28 18.1 5.4 238 19 318.9 319.8 292.5 332.9 4.30 8 650 3824 10.0 -8.4 27 18.4 1.3 257 18 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.5 3.12 9 600 4482 4.2 -13.2 27 17.4 -3.0 265 20 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.30 10 550 5181 -2.3 -15.6 35 13.4 -7.3 265 24 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.3 2.06 11 500 5928 -9.0 -18.2 47 9.2 -12.1 262 28 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.2 1.82 12 450 6733 -15.5 -22.0 57 6.5 -17.3 271 33 323.8 324.1 291.4 328.9 1.46 13 400 7610 -22.3 -27.3 63 5.0 -23.4 292 30 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.6 1.01 14 350 8577 -29.0 -39.9 34 10.8 -30.4 301 24 329.6 329.7 292.0 330.9 0.34 15 300 9661 -36.6 -50.2 23 13.6 -37.6 294 30 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 16 250 10899 -45.8 -55.7 32 9.9 -46.2 291 34 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12347 -56.9 -61.9 53 5.0 -57.0 277 35 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14149 -58.8 -74.9 11 16.1 -59.0 285 23 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.4 -59.4 262 12 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.99 m Freezing level: 567.56 mb = 4935.35 m = 16191.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.91 mb = 4017.17 m = 13179.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.06 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.59 mb = 1159.98 m = 3805.65 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 35.74 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.77 mb = 2989.81 m = 9808.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.53 C = 106.75 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 26.05 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3240.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.37 mb = 1719.87 m = 5642.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.37 mb = 3985.41 m = 13075.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.37 mb = 13462.92 m = 44169.13 ft B at Equ Level: 3211.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 223.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.38 Bulk Rich Number: 40.50 Bulk Shear: 80.01 m/s