MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.04,-94.6 Latitude: 43.04 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 968 373 29.7 25.7 79 4.0 26.7 172 11 305.7 309.8 300.9 371.9 21.98 2 950 539 28.1 22.2 70 5.9 23.8 177 19 305.7 309.1 298.7 359.9 18.06 3 900 1017 23.9 19.7 78 4.1 20.9 184 24 306.1 309.2 297.7 355.1 16.30 4 850 1516 23.5 12.5 50 11.0 16.2 207 29 310.8 312.8 295.3 343.8 10.79 5 800 2047 23.4 7.6 36 15.8 13.4 215 21 316.1 317.7 294.8 342.0 8.23 6 750 2606 19.6 3.2 34 16.4 9.9 218 12 317.8 319.1 293.9 338.3 6.43 7 700 3194 15.2 -7.5 20 22.7 4.2 218 7 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.6 3.11 8 650 3815 9.7 -8.5 27 18.3 1.2 281 4 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.2 3.09 9 600 4472 4.0 -11.5 31 15.5 -2.6 296 12 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.6 2.65 10 550 5172 -2.3 -10.5 53 8.2 -5.8 296 23 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.12 11 500 5919 -9.4 -14.0 69 4.6 -11.1 300 22 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.3 2.59 12 450 6723 -16.0 -18.7 79 2.7 -16.8 297 17 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.8 1.94 13 400 7599 -22.3 -26.3 70 4.0 -23.2 302 19 326.0 326.2 291.7 329.9 1.11 14 350 8567 -28.3 -42.9 23 14.6 -30.0 293 14 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.25 15 300 9656 -35.7 -52.5 16 16.8 -36.8 252 10 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10898 -45.4 -54.5 35 9.1 -45.8 272 10 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12348 -56.4 -63.4 41 7.0 -56.5 285 14 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14137 -61.7 -73.1 20 11.4 -61.8 274 20 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16652 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 297 11 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.20 m Freezing level: 568.02 mb = 4919.68 m = 16140.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.36 mb = 4015.31 m = 13173.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.41 % Est. max temperature: 38.07 C = 100.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.10 mb = 879.16 m = 2884.33 ft T: 25.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 42.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.55 mb = 3018.94 m = 9904.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.79 C = 109.03 F Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lifted Index: -8.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 22.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3321.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 329.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.10 mb = 1525.64 m = 5005.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.10 mb = 3890.15 m = 12762.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.10 mb = 13578.45 m = 44548.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3313.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.3 neg: -46.4 tot: 101.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.08 Bulk Rich Number: 62.76 Bulk Shear: 52.92 m/s