MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-94.78 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 961 399 30.2 27.1 83 3.2 27.8 125 1 306.9 311.4 302.2 379.9 24.06 2 950 498 30.4 23.8 68 6.5 25.4 157 3 308.0 311.8 300.3 368.5 19.95 3 900 981 27.0 20.0 66 7.0 21.9 195 8 309.3 312.4 298.7 359.7 16.56 4 850 1485 23.4 17.1 68 6.3 19.0 207 13 310.7 313.5 297.8 355.3 14.61 5 800 2013 20.7 13.8 65 6.9 16.0 212 27 313.3 315.7 297.1 352.0 12.53 6 750 2569 18.1 9.7 58 8.4 12.6 222 37 316.3 318.2 296.2 348.0 10.14 7 700 3158 15.0 3.6 46 11.5 8.2 234 36 319.1 320.5 294.7 341.7 7.08 8 650 3781 10.6 -0.2 47 10.9 4.6 240 29 321.0 322.1 294.3 339.7 5.80 9 600 4441 5.0 -4.8 49 9.8 0.1 240 25 321.9 322.8 293.4 336.6 4.48 10 550 5143 -1.4 -7.5 63 6.1 -4.3 245 23 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.5 3.96 11 500 5893 -8.3 -10.8 82 2.5 -9.3 238 22 323.0 323.6 292.9 334.2 3.37 12 450 6701 -15.0 -16.1 91 1.1 -15.3 231 26 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.7 2.43 13 400 7580 -21.2 -32.1 37 10.9 -23.3 257 29 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.8 0.64 14 350 8554 -27.3 -35.4 46 8.1 -28.5 255 22 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.0 0.54 15 300 9644 -36.0 -37.9 83 1.8 -36.2 246 19 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.49 16 250 10882 -46.3 -48.2 81 1.8 -46.4 267 20 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.19 17 200 12323 -58.3 -59.9 82 1.6 -58.3 284 22 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.06 18 150 14100 -62.7 -70.1 37 7.3 -62.8 226 21 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16630 -61.3 -83.5 4 22.2 -61.6 217 14 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.69 m Freezing level: 561.03 mb = 4988.16 m = 16365.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.10 mb = 4453.14 m = 14609.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.64 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.44 mb = 800.04 m = 2624.78 ft T: 28.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 50.19 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2582.78 m = 8473.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.57 C = 103.22 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -9.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.69 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4414.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.79 mb = 1705.10 m = 5594.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.79 mb = 3731.74 m = 12243.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.79 mb = 14363.87 m = 47124.98 ft B at Equ Level: 4365.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.21 Bulk Rich Number: 73.15 Bulk Shear: 60.36 m/s