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: 43.24,-94.66 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 386 30.1 27.2 85 2.9 27.9 140 3 306.6 311.1 302.3 380.1 24.22 2 950 499 30.2 24.1 70 6.1 25.6 156 6 307.8 311.6 300.4 369.2 20.26 3 900 982 27.0 20.2 67 6.7 22.1 192 11 309.3 312.5 298.8 360.4 16.80 4 850 1485 23.5 17.2 67 6.4 19.0 212 14 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.6 14.64 5 800 2013 20.6 14.0 66 6.7 16.1 212 27 313.1 315.5 297.1 352.1 12.63 6 750 2570 18.0 9.9 59 8.1 12.7 223 37 316.1 318.1 296.3 348.3 10.27 7 700 3158 15.2 3.2 45 12.0 8.1 236 36 319.3 320.7 294.7 341.4 6.91 8 650 3781 10.7 -0.3 46 11.0 4.6 240 28 321.1 322.2 294.3 339.8 5.77 9 600 4442 5.0 -4.8 49 9.9 0.1 239 24 321.9 322.8 293.4 336.5 4.46 10 550 5144 -1.4 -7.4 64 5.9 -4.2 244 22 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.5 4.00 11 500 5894 -8.3 -10.4 85 2.1 -9.2 239 21 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.4 3.47 12 450 6701 -15.0 -16.0 92 1.0 -15.3 232 26 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.7 2.45 13 400 7581 -21.2 -31.9 38 10.7 -23.3 257 29 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.8 0.66 14 350 8554 -27.3 -35.5 46 8.2 -28.6 255 21 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.0 0.53 15 300 9644 -36.1 -38.1 82 2.0 -36.4 245 19 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.48 16 250 10882 -46.4 -48.1 82 1.7 -46.5 267 20 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.20 17 200 12323 -58.3 -59.7 83 1.4 -58.3 285 22 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.06 18 150 14100 -62.7 -70.0 37 7.3 -62.8 226 22 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16630 -61.4 -83.5 4 22.2 -61.6 217 14 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.11 m Freezing level: 561.14 mb = 4987.17 m = 16361.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.08 mb = 4453.94 m = 14612.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.10 % Est. max temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.46 mb = 751.78 m = 2466.44 ft T: 28.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 50.33 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2444.87 m = 8021.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.84 C = 101.91 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -9.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4573.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.53 mb = 1655.83 m = 5432.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.53 mb = 3671.43 m = 12045.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.53 mb = 14161.19 m = 46460.04 ft B at Equ Level: 4571.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 215.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.34 Bulk Rich Number: 79.10 Bulk Shear: 57.82 m/s