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: 43.83,-94.85 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 389 29.5 25.8 81 3.7 26.7 330 2 306.0 310.2 301.1 373.1 22.23 2 950 500 29.4 22.5 67 6.9 24.3 317 3 307.0 310.4 299.1 362.3 18.33 3 900 981 25.5 19.7 70 5.8 21.3 242 4 307.8 310.8 298.1 356.9 16.26 4 850 1482 21.4 17.9 80 3.5 18.9 219 9 308.6 311.5 297.7 355.2 15.38 5 800 2007 19.2 13.1 68 6.1 15.1 221 23 311.7 313.9 296.3 348.3 11.95 6 750 2561 17.9 6.3 46 11.6 10.7 225 37 316.1 317.6 294.6 341.2 8.01 7 700 3149 15.0 0.7 38 14.3 6.9 233 34 319.1 320.2 293.7 337.5 5.76 8 650 3771 10.6 -3.3 37 13.9 3.3 237 32 321.0 321.9 293.3 336.0 4.61 9 600 4431 5.1 -8.4 37 13.5 -1.2 237 29 322.0 322.7 292.6 333.2 3.38 10 550 5133 -1.3 -10.0 51 8.7 -5.1 244 30 322.5 323.2 292.6 333.3 3.25 11 500 5883 -8.4 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.8 237 30 322.8 323.4 292.5 333.0 3.05 12 450 6690 -15.1 -15.8 94 0.7 -15.3 229 33 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.7 2.48 13 400 7569 -21.3 -31.1 41 9.9 -23.2 253 35 327.4 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.71 14 350 8543 -27.2 -32.8 59 5.6 -28.2 248 26 332.1 332.2 293.0 334.6 0.69 15 300 9635 -35.5 -37.7 80 2.2 -35.8 244 23 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.49 16 250 10875 -46.1 -48.9 73 2.9 -46.2 259 25 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.18 17 200 12319 -58.3 -60.0 81 1.7 -58.3 275 22 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.06 18 150 14094 -62.2 -70.4 33 8.2 -62.3 231 24 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16627 -60.7 -83.9 3 23.2 -61.0 214 14 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.02 m Freezing level: 560.17 mb = 4990.35 m = 16372.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.42 mb = 4248.75 m = 13939.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.46 % Est. max temperature: 34.35 C = 93.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.54 mb = 858.06 m = 2815.13 ft T: 26.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 39.88 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2668.34 m = 8754.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.97 C = 103.95 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3721.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.78 mb = 1586.65 m = 5205.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.78 mb = 3966.47 m = 13013.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.78 mb = 13900.15 m = 45603.61 ft B at Equ Level: 3705.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.0 neg: -3.1 tot: 157.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 50.14 Bulk Shear: 74.23 m/s