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,-95.00 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 958 423 30.5 26.8 81 3.7 27.6 340 2 307.4 311.8 302.2 379.5 23.72 2 950 498 30.7 23.3 65 7.4 25.2 334 3 308.4 312.0 300.0 367.1 19.34 3 900 981 26.9 19.6 64 7.3 21.6 231 2 309.3 312.3 298.4 358.4 16.16 4 850 1484 23.2 17.1 69 6.1 18.9 197 10 310.4 313.2 297.7 354.9 14.57 5 800 2012 20.9 13.6 63 7.3 16.0 211 26 313.5 315.8 297.0 351.7 12.35 6 750 2569 18.4 9.3 56 9.0 12.5 221 38 316.5 318.4 296.1 347.5 9.87 7 700 3157 14.7 4.1 49 10.5 8.3 230 37 318.7 320.2 294.8 342.2 7.38 8 650 3779 10.5 -0.1 48 10.6 4.6 239 31 320.8 322.0 294.3 339.7 5.84 9 600 4440 5.0 -4.7 49 9.7 0.1 241 27 321.9 322.8 293.4 336.6 4.50 10 550 5142 -1.4 -7.8 62 6.4 -4.3 247 25 322.5 323.2 293.1 335.2 3.88 11 500 5892 -8.2 -11.6 76 3.5 -9.5 237 23 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.6 3.15 12 450 6700 -15.0 -16.3 90 1.3 -15.4 229 26 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.5 2.39 13 400 7579 -21.2 -32.5 35 11.3 -23.4 256 29 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.62 14 350 8553 -27.3 -35.0 48 7.8 -28.5 255 23 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.0 0.56 15 300 9643 -35.8 -37.3 86 1.5 -36.0 249 19 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.8 0.52 16 250 10882 -46.2 -48.3 79 2.1 -46.3 267 22 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.19 17 200 12324 -58.3 -60.1 80 1.7 -58.4 282 21 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.06 18 150 14100 -62.7 -70.2 35 7.6 -62.8 226 20 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.02 19 100 16629 -61.1 -83.5 4 22.3 -61.4 217 13 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.57 m Freezing level: 560.78 mb = 4990.20 m = 16371.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.11 mb = 4451.53 m = 14604.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.74 % Est. max temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.16 mb = 890.17 m = 2920.48 ft T: 27.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 49.77 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2752.79 m = 9031.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.21 C = 104.38 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -8.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 37.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4093.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.86 mb = 1787.77 m = 5865.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.86 mb = 3703.87 m = 12151.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.86 mb = 14274.31 m = 46831.16 ft B at Equ Level: 4042.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 229.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.35 Bulk Rich Number: 56.47 Bulk Shear: 72.48 m/s