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 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 966 352 29.0 26.2 85 2.8 26.9 159 7 305.1 309.3 301.1 373.2 22.62 2 950 503 29.2 23.8 72 5.5 25.2 167 15 306.9 310.6 300.0 366.9 19.88 3 900 984 27.1 19.7 64 7.4 21.7 190 26 309.4 312.5 298.5 358.9 16.27 4 850 1489 24.4 16.2 60 8.2 18.7 211 26 311.7 314.3 297.4 353.8 13.75 5 800 2018 20.7 13.6 64 7.1 15.8 222 30 313.2 315.5 296.9 351.2 12.32 6 750 2573 17.8 9.9 60 7.8 12.6 228 36 315.9 317.8 296.2 348.0 10.29 7 700 3162 15.8 2.2 40 13.6 7.8 239 29 320.0 321.2 294.4 340.5 6.41 8 650 3786 10.6 -0.8 45 11.5 4.3 233 23 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.9 5.54 9 600 4446 4.8 -3.8 54 8.6 0.4 232 22 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.4 4.82 10 550 5147 -1.8 -5.4 77 3.5 -3.6 239 21 321.9 322.8 293.6 337.2 4.67 11 500 5897 -8.4 -9.0 95 0.6 -8.7 246 19 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.6 3.88 12 450 6704 -15.2 -15.9 94 0.8 -15.4 239 23 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.45 13 400 7583 -21.3 -31.9 38 10.6 -23.4 263 28 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.7 0.66 14 350 8556 -27.3 -37.0 39 9.7 -28.7 257 19 332.0 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.46 15 300 9645 -36.2 -40.7 63 4.5 -36.7 246 16 334.4 334.4 293.3 335.8 0.36 16 250 10882 -46.6 -49.0 77 2.3 -46.7 269 14 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.18 17 200 12323 -57.8 -61.0 67 3.2 -57.9 289 20 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 18 150 14102 -62.9 -69.9 38 7.0 -63.0 228 22 361.7 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.02 19 100 16634 -61.4 -83.5 4 22.2 -61.6 222 15 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.67 m Freezing level: 563.86 mb = 4952.83 m = 16249.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4509.60 m = 14795.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.89 % Est. max temperature: 36.49 C = 97.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.85 mb = 712.76 m = 2338.42 ft T: 28.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 43.53 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.01 mb = 2481.99 m = 8142.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.20 C = 102.56 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -9.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4324.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.77 mb = 1646.65 m = 5402.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.77 mb = 3788.69 m = 12429.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.77 mb = 14111.64 m = 46297.47 ft B at Equ Level: 4317.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.6 neg: -5.2 tot: 238.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.92 Bulk Rich Number: 86.84 Bulk Shear: 49.80 m/s