MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.9,-94.06 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 316 25.6 24.5 93 1.2 24.7 160 4 301.3 305.0 298.9 361.1 20.27 2 950 508 27.9 23.5 77 4.5 24.6 179 11 305.5 309.2 299.5 364.2 19.53 3 900 988 25.8 20.9 75 4.9 22.2 204 14 308.1 311.4 299.0 361.2 17.54 4 850 1490 22.4 18.4 78 4.1 19.5 207 16 309.6 312.6 298.2 357.8 15.83 5 800 2016 19.5 15.3 77 4.2 16.6 210 23 311.9 314.5 297.5 354.3 13.82 6 750 2571 16.8 11.1 69 5.7 13.0 228 32 314.8 316.9 296.5 349.4 11.15 7 700 3157 13.4 7.0 65 6.3 9.4 239 41 317.3 319.0 295.7 345.8 9.04 8 650 3777 9.7 -2.5 42 12.2 3.2 244 32 320.0 320.9 293.3 335.9 4.91 9 600 4435 4.6 -5.2 49 9.8 -0.3 239 31 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.5 4.31 10 550 5136 -1.6 -8.4 60 6.8 -4.7 235 28 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.4 3.70 11 500 5886 -8.3 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.8 230 30 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.1 3.06 12 450 6693 -15.2 -17.0 86 1.8 -15.8 236 33 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.24 13 400 7573 -20.5 -31.8 36 11.3 -22.8 248 30 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.8 0.67 14 350 8548 -27.0 -33.5 54 6.5 -28.1 239 28 332.3 332.5 293.0 334.7 0.64 15 300 9639 -35.7 -37.0 88 1.3 -35.9 241 25 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.0 0.53 16 250 10878 -46.2 -46.3 99 0.1 -46.2 255 24 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.24 17 200 12322 -58.1 -60.5 74 2.4 -58.1 264 23 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.06 18 150 14099 -62.2 -70.3 33 8.1 -62.3 232 22 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16631 -60.8 -83.7 3 23.0 -61.0 237 12 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.28 m Freezing level: 563.02 mb = 4953.88 m = 16252.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4371.86 m = 14343.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.02 % Est. max temperature: 35.18 C = 95.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.17 mb = 459.67 m = 1508.09 ft T: 27.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 33.41 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1950.88 m = 6400.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -9.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -8.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 26.71 C K Index: 42.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4243.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.88 mb = 1337.62 m = 4388.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.88 mb = 3037.62 m = 9965.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.88 mb = 14104.32 m = 46273.47 ft B at Equ Level: 4223.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.56 Bulk Rich Number: 69.95 Bulk Shear: 60.67 m/s