MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-94.14 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 963 358 27.5 25.2 87 2.3 25.8 136 13 303.9 307.9 300.2 367.9 21.43 2 950 480 27.4 24.0 82 3.4 24.9 137 22 305.0 308.7 299.7 365.3 20.12 3 900 960 27.1 19.0 61 8.1 21.2 170 30 309.4 312.4 298.0 356.6 15.50 4 850 1465 25.5 15.4 54 10.1 18.4 205 22 312.8 315.3 297.3 353.0 13.04 5 800 1997 23.5 11.6 47 11.9 15.5 241 28 316.2 318.3 296.6 350.0 10.80 6 750 2558 21.0 4.3 34 16.6 10.9 262 28 319.3 320.7 294.7 341.6 6.98 7 700 3150 16.2 -0.8 31 16.9 6.8 269 20 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.1 5.17 8 650 3773 10.5 -2.9 39 13.4 3.4 273 16 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.4 4.77 9 600 4432 4.5 -4.2 53 8.7 0.1 283 19 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.5 4.67 10 550 5134 -1.4 -8.5 58 7.1 -4.7 298 29 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.4 3.65 11 500 5884 -7.4 -16.0 50 8.5 -10.5 290 29 324.0 324.4 292.1 331.5 2.20 12 450 6697 -12.6 -19.6 56 6.9 -14.9 271 30 327.3 327.7 292.7 333.6 1.80 13 400 7586 -18.6 -30.8 33 12.3 -21.2 270 33 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.6 0.73 14 350 8566 -26.3 -41.3 23 15.0 -28.3 262 37 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.29 15 300 9658 -35.5 -51.0 19 15.4 -36.7 261 37 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.12 16 250 10903 -44.0 -60.5 14 16.5 -44.6 253 46 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 17 200 12370 -53.3 -68.0 15 14.7 -53.5 254 48 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14177 -62.7 -75.7 16 13.0 -62.8 262 41 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16649 -64.7 -83.9 5 19.3 -64.8 276 13 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.98 m Freezing level: 562.21 mb = 4962.43 m = 16280.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.17 mb = 4443.35 m = 14577.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.65 % Est. max temperature: 38.78 C = 101.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.37 mb = 645.85 m = 2118.92 ft T: 27.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 31.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.83 mb = 3115.02 m = 10219.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.76 C = 110.77 F Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lifted Index: -7.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3116.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 364.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.98 mb = 1663.60 m = 5457.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.98 mb = 3824.05 m = 12545.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.98 mb = 13931.81 m = 45707.48 ft B at Equ Level: 3106.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 427.1 neg: -12.8 tot: 414.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.25 Bulk Shear: 204.29 m/s