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: 43.36,-95.95 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 963 443 27.5 23.3 78 4.1 24.4 135 10 303.8 307.4 298.8 360.6 19.07 2 950 566 27.2 21.6 71 5.6 23.1 140 17 304.8 308.0 298.0 356.6 17.33 3 900 1043 23.6 19.1 76 4.5 20.4 160 23 305.9 308.8 297.3 352.9 15.68 4 850 1541 20.6 17.1 80 3.5 18.1 194 23 307.8 310.5 297.0 351.8 14.57 5 800 2064 17.8 14.4 81 3.4 15.5 216 32 310.1 312.5 296.5 349.7 13.00 6 750 2617 18.1 4.7 41 13.4 10.0 232 26 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.8 7.17 7 700 3205 15.0 -4.0 27 19.0 5.1 248 18 319.1 319.8 292.3 332.3 4.06 8 650 3826 9.9 -8.1 27 18.0 1.4 265 17 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.7 3.19 9 600 4483 4.1 -12.6 28 16.7 -2.9 275 21 320.8 321.3 291.4 328.9 2.42 10 550 5182 -2.3 -15.5 36 13.1 -7.2 269 25 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.4 2.09 11 500 5929 -9.1 -18.2 47 9.1 -12.1 268 27 322.0 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.82 12 450 6734 -15.3 -23.4 50 8.1 -17.5 276 30 324.0 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.29 13 400 7612 -21.5 -29.2 50 7.7 -23.1 297 24 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.1 0.85 14 350 8579 -29.9 -36.3 54 6.3 -30.8 292 20 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.49 15 300 9659 -37.4 -46.5 38 9.1 -38.1 253 29 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.20 16 250 10897 -45.5 -56.7 27 11.1 -46.0 271 34 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12344 -56.8 -61.8 53 5.0 -56.9 275 37 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14151 -58.7 -75.6 10 16.9 -58.9 289 15 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.3 -84.4 2 25.1 -59.6 254 8 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.24 m Freezing level: 568.10 mb = 4928.82 m = 16170.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.02 mb = 4030.07 m = 13221.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.81 mb = 966.78 m = 3171.82 ft T: 24.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 32.47 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.95 mb = 2043.27 m = 6703.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Showalter Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 27.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2978.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.48 mb = 1516.01 m = 4973.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.48 mb = 4115.14 m = 13500.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.48 mb = 13458.49 m = 44154.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2931.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 306.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.77 Bulk Rich Number: 23.56 Bulk Shear: 126.42 m/s