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: 43.59,-92.70 Latitude: 43.59 Longitude: -92.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 964 383 28.2 25.3 84 2.9 26.0 174 11 304.5 308.4 300.4 368.9 21.49 2 950 514 28.4 23.7 76 4.6 24.9 177 19 306.0 309.7 299.8 365.5 19.80 3 900 994 25.7 20.3 72 5.4 21.8 192 30 307.9 311.1 298.5 359.0 16.86 4 850 1497 22.8 16.2 66 6.6 18.2 212 33 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.0 13.75 5 800 2023 20.3 12.6 61 7.6 15.1 229 33 312.7 314.9 296.3 348.4 11.55 6 750 2579 18.3 7.2 48 11.1 11.3 231 37 316.4 318.1 295.1 343.3 8.53 7 700 3167 14.3 3.7 49 10.5 8.0 231 35 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.1 7.17 8 650 3788 10.2 -6.2 31 16.4 2.1 233 30 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.6 3.69 9 600 4446 4.5 -7.9 40 12.4 -1.3 231 28 321.3 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.50 10 550 5147 -1.9 -5.6 76 3.7 -3.7 251 23 321.9 322.8 293.6 336.9 4.60 11 500 5896 -8.5 -10.6 85 2.1 -9.4 252 22 322.7 323.3 292.8 334.0 3.42 12 450 6704 -14.9 -17.5 81 2.6 -15.7 252 20 324.5 324.9 292.2 331.9 2.15 13 400 7584 -21.1 -31.0 41 9.9 -23.1 278 23 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.72 14 350 8557 -27.8 -35.8 47 8.0 -29.0 242 11 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.2 0.52 15 300 9644 -36.6 -43.2 50 6.6 -37.2 245 14 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.28 16 250 10880 -46.4 -52.7 49 6.3 -46.7 247 17 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12323 -57.2 -62.2 53 5.1 -57.3 215 16 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 14104 -62.1 -72.0 26 9.9 -62.2 228 26 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.02 19 100 16637 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.7 -61.5 222 14 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.05 m Freezing level: 564.57 mb = 4942.94 m = 16216.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.54 mb = 4182.73 m = 13722.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.51 % Est. max temperature: 35.57 C = 96.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.49 mb = 746.51 m = 2449.15 ft T: 27.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 36.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2616.88 m = 8585.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.13 C = 104.24 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -9.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -6.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4049.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.75 mb = 1509.43 m = 4952.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.75 mb = 3612.31 m = 11851.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.75 mb = 13951.05 m = 45770.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4040.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.8 neg: -10.2 tot: 260.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.71 Bulk Rich Number: 71.25 Bulk Shear: 56.84 m/s