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: 43.56,-93.35 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 964 377 28.3 25.8 86 2.5 26.4 170 9 304.6 308.7 300.7 370.9 22.11 2 950 509 28.5 23.9 76 4.6 25.0 174 16 306.1 309.9 299.9 366.4 20.03 3 900 989 25.7 20.4 73 5.3 21.9 190 26 308.0 311.2 298.6 359.6 17.04 4 850 1492 23.2 16.3 65 6.8 18.4 215 29 310.4 313.0 297.3 352.8 13.88 5 800 2019 20.2 13.3 64 6.9 15.5 229 32 312.6 314.9 296.6 349.8 12.05 6 750 2575 18.3 8.3 52 10.0 11.9 231 36 316.4 318.2 295.6 345.3 9.19 7 700 3163 15.1 3.3 45 11.8 8.1 233 33 319.2 320.6 294.7 341.4 6.94 8 650 3785 10.1 -0.5 48 10.6 4.2 229 28 320.4 321.5 294.0 338.7 5.69 9 600 4445 4.5 -4.0 54 8.5 0.2 233 26 321.4 322.3 293.5 336.8 4.75 10 550 5145 -2.2 -4.5 84 2.3 -3.3 243 23 321.5 322.4 293.7 337.7 4.99 11 500 5894 -8.3 -8.9 96 0.6 -8.6 250 23 322.9 323.7 293.3 335.8 3.91 12 450 6702 -15.2 -15.9 94 0.7 -15.4 244 22 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.47 13 400 7581 -21.4 -30.6 43 9.2 -23.2 269 28 327.2 327.3 291.7 329.9 0.75 14 350 8554 -27.3 -36.4 42 9.1 -28.7 255 17 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.48 15 300 9643 -36.3 -41.9 56 5.6 -36.8 243 16 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.5 0.32 16 250 10880 -46.7 -51.8 56 5.1 -47.0 259 15 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.13 17 200 12321 -57.5 -61.8 58 4.3 -57.6 263 15 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.05 18 150 14100 -62.6 -71.1 31 8.5 -62.7 229 26 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.02 19 100 16635 -61.2 -83.7 4 22.5 -61.4 224 15 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.80 m Freezing level: 566.43 mb = 4915.11 m = 16125.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.22 mb = 4481.96 m = 14704.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.94 mb = 698.41 m = 2291.34 ft T: 27.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 34.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2552.15 m = 8373.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.84 C = 103.71 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -9.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 36.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4254.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.57 mb = 1496.03 m = 4908.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.57 mb = 3599.26 m = 11808.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.57 mb = 14330.63 m = 47015.92 ft B at Equ Level: 4197.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.7 neg: -10.7 tot: 225.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.10 Bulk Rich Number: 76.96 Bulk Shear: 55.29 m/s