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: 43.74,-94.87 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 961 399 29.5 25.9 81 3.6 26.7 333 2 306.1 310.3 301.2 373.6 22.36 2 950 500 29.4 22.7 67 6.8 24.4 321 3 307.1 310.5 299.3 363.0 18.55 3 900 981 25.7 19.7 70 6.0 21.3 237 4 307.9 311.0 298.1 357.1 16.26 4 850 1482 21.7 17.8 78 3.9 18.9 213 9 308.9 311.8 297.7 355.3 15.28 5 800 2007 19.6 13.0 65 6.7 15.1 221 25 312.1 314.3 296.3 348.5 11.84 6 750 2563 18.0 7.0 49 11.0 11.2 224 38 316.1 317.7 295.0 342.6 8.43 7 700 3150 14.8 1.6 41 13.2 7.2 232 35 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.6 6.16 8 650 3772 10.6 -2.4 40 13.0 3.7 237 32 320.9 321.9 293.6 336.9 4.93 9 600 4432 5.1 -7.8 39 12.9 -1.0 237 28 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.7 3.55 10 550 5134 -1.3 -9.6 53 8.3 -5.0 244 29 322.5 323.2 292.7 333.6 3.35 11 500 5884 -8.3 -12.0 74 3.7 -9.8 237 29 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.1 3.04 12 450 6692 -15.1 -15.9 93 0.8 -15.3 229 32 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.6 2.46 13 400 7571 -21.2 -31.4 40 10.1 -23.2 254 34 327.4 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.69 14 350 8545 -27.2 -33.0 58 5.8 -28.2 249 26 332.0 332.2 292.9 334.5 0.68 15 300 9637 -35.6 -37.4 83 1.8 -35.8 245 22 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.2 0.51 16 250 10877 -46.1 -48.9 73 2.8 -46.2 260 25 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.18 17 200 12320 -58.2 -60.0 80 1.7 -58.3 276 22 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.06 18 150 14095 -62.3 -70.3 33 8.0 -62.4 230 23 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.02 19 100 16628 -60.8 -83.8 3 23.0 -61.0 214 14 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.46 m Freezing level: 560.25 mb = 4990.43 m = 16372.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.55 mb = 4288.72 m = 14070.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.30 % Est. max temperature: 34.70 C = 94.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.64 mb = 856.94 m = 2811.44 ft T: 26.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 43.75 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2674.16 m = 8773.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.90 C = 103.82 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.12 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3764.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.73 mb = 1608.19 m = 5276.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.73 mb = 3865.10 m = 12680.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.73 mb = 13983.49 m = 45877.03 ft B at Equ Level: 3738.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.8 neg: -2.8 tot: 172.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.19 Bulk Rich Number: 50.11 Bulk Shear: 75.12 m/s