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: 43.74,-95.32 Latitude: 43.74 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 126 SFC 964 445 25.4 23.0 86 2.4 23.7 144 12 301.7 305.1 298.1 356.8 18.65 2 950 575 24.7 21.8 84 2.8 22.6 147 19 302.2 305.5 297.5 354.3 17.62 3 900 1048 21.5 19.2 87 2.3 19.9 168 23 303.7 306.6 296.8 350.6 15.79 4 850 1544 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.6 203 26 306.2 308.9 296.5 349.5 14.40 5 800 2064 16.8 14.5 86 2.4 15.3 224 30 309.1 311.6 296.4 348.8 13.06 6 750 2617 17.9 5.1 43 12.8 10.2 238 26 316.0 317.5 294.1 339.3 7.38 7 700 3204 14.6 -4.4 27 19.0 4.8 247 17 318.6 319.4 292.1 331.4 3.94 8 650 3824 9.6 -9.8 24 19.4 0.7 275 15 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.0 2.79 9 600 4480 3.7 -12.0 31 15.7 -3.0 277 21 320.4 320.9 291.4 328.8 2.54 10 550 5178 -2.7 -14.0 41 11.3 -7.1 272 28 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.7 2.35 11 500 5924 -9.5 -16.6 56 7.1 -12.0 273 31 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.5 2.08 12 450 6729 -15.0 -26.0 39 11.0 -17.8 276 28 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.0 1.02 13 400 7608 -21.5 -31.6 39 10.2 -23.4 287 20 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.68 14 350 8576 -29.7 -35.3 59 5.5 -30.5 278 17 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.7 0.54 15 300 9657 -37.4 -44.9 46 7.5 -38.0 253 24 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.23 16 250 10891 -46.4 -54.2 41 7.8 -46.7 252 31 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 17 200 12336 -56.8 -61.3 57 4.5 -56.9 270 40 342.7 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14147 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.5 272 12 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.4 -84.4 3 25.0 -59.7 238 5 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.50 m Freezing level: 571.16 mb = 4882.75 m = 16019.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.21 mb = 3948.16 m = 12953.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.02 mb = 751.48 m = 2465.46 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 28.83 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1646.78 m = 5402.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 26.39 C K Index: 26.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2660.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.50 mb = 1228.12 m = 4029.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.50 mb = 4125.75 m = 13535.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.50 mb = 13122.85 m = 43053.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2643.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.6 neg: -19.3 tot: 288.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.06 Bulk Rich Number: 20.32 Bulk Shear: 130.90 m/s