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: 43.36,-92.86 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 966 363 28.2 25.2 84 3.0 25.9 170 11 304.3 308.2 300.2 368.0 21.28 2 950 513 28.6 23.2 73 5.4 24.6 173 20 306.2 309.8 299.5 364.0 19.20 3 900 994 26.3 19.3 65 7.0 21.3 191 31 308.7 311.6 298.1 356.8 15.88 4 850 1497 23.3 15.9 63 7.5 18.1 209 33 310.6 313.1 297.0 351.7 13.46 5 800 2025 20.7 12.4 59 8.3 15.1 227 32 313.2 315.3 296.3 348.4 11.39 6 750 2581 18.5 7.0 47 11.4 11.3 230 35 316.6 318.2 295.1 343.2 8.44 7 700 3169 14.4 3.2 47 11.1 7.8 230 32 318.4 319.7 294.4 340.4 6.91 8 650 3790 10.3 -7.4 28 17.6 1.7 230 27 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.7 3.38 9 600 4448 4.5 -9.0 37 13.5 -1.7 226 26 321.3 322.0 292.3 332.0 3.23 10 550 5149 -1.9 -5.7 76 3.7 -3.7 251 21 321.8 322.7 293.5 336.7 4.56 11 500 5898 -8.4 -10.7 84 2.3 -9.4 252 20 322.7 323.4 292.8 334.0 3.38 12 450 6706 -14.9 -17.6 80 2.7 -15.7 255 19 324.5 324.9 292.2 331.8 2.14 13 400 7586 -21.0 -31.2 40 10.2 -23.1 279 23 327.6 327.8 291.7 330.2 0.70 14 350 8559 -27.8 -36.1 45 8.3 -29.0 253 11 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.2 0.50 15 300 9646 -36.5 -44.0 46 7.5 -37.2 250 13 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.26 16 250 10882 -46.5 -52.8 49 6.3 -46.8 250 15 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.11 17 200 12325 -57.3 -61.7 57 4.4 -57.4 215 14 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14105 -62.2 -71.8 27 9.6 -62.3 226 25 362.9 362.9 299.3 363.0 0.02 19 100 16637 -61.3 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.6 227 14 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.42 m Freezing level: 564.98 mb = 4939.11 m = 16204.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.71 mb = 4116.34 m = 13504.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.09 % Est. max temperature: 36.12 C = 97.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.68 mb = 744.04 m = 2441.04 ft T: 27.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 36.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.96 mb = 2753.50 m = 9033.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.90 C = 105.63 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -8.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3815.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.34 mb = 1627.76 m = 5340.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.34 mb = 3759.69 m = 12334.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.34 mb = 14009.45 m = 45962.19 ft B at Equ Level: 3784.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.2 neg: -11.3 tot: 260.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.36 Bulk Rich Number: 71.49 Bulk Shear: 53.37 m/s