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: 43.5,-95.32 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 963 458 25.6 23.3 87 2.4 23.9 138 12 302.0 305.5 298.3 358.2 18.98 2 950 575 24.8 22.0 84 2.8 22.8 141 18 302.4 305.7 297.7 355.2 17.84 3 900 1048 21.3 19.5 89 1.8 20.1 159 24 303.5 306.4 296.9 351.2 16.06 4 850 1544 19.4 16.8 85 2.6 17.6 197 28 306.4 309.1 296.5 349.4 14.30 5 800 2065 17.3 14.5 84 2.8 15.4 225 32 309.5 312.0 296.5 349.3 13.08 6 750 2618 18.2 5.3 43 12.9 10.3 238 27 316.3 317.7 294.3 339.8 7.45 7 700 3206 14.8 -3.9 27 18.7 5.1 252 18 318.8 319.6 292.3 332.1 4.10 8 650 3826 9.7 -9.8 24 19.5 0.8 271 14 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.80 9 600 4483 3.8 -11.4 32 15.2 -2.7 275 19 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.3 2.66 10 550 5181 -2.6 -13.9 42 11.2 -7.0 273 25 321.0 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.38 11 500 5927 -9.4 -16.8 55 7.3 -12.0 275 28 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.5 2.06 12 450 6732 -15.0 -25.7 40 10.7 -17.7 280 30 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.0 1.05 13 400 7611 -21.3 -31.4 40 10.1 -23.3 291 20 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.69 14 350 8579 -29.9 -34.0 67 4.1 -30.5 278 16 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.62 15 300 9659 -37.4 -44.8 46 7.4 -38.0 248 27 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.24 16 250 10895 -46.0 -55.8 32 9.8 -46.4 257 34 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.08 17 200 12340 -57.0 -61.2 59 4.2 -57.1 274 40 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14151 -59.4 -75.7 10 16.4 -59.6 274 11 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.3 -84.5 2 25.2 -59.6 256 5 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.33 m Freezing level: 570.50 mb = 4894.71 m = 16058.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3967.54 m = 13016.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.82 mb = 753.52 m = 2472.16 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.89 C/km ThetaE index: 28.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1683.25 m = 5522.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 26.22 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2725.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.85 mb = 1215.05 m = 3986.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.85 mb = 4110.50 m = 13485.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.85 mb = 13078.74 m = 42908.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2723.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.2 neg: -12.2 tot: 357.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.26 Bulk Rich Number: 19.62 Bulk Shear: 138.91 m/s