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: 43.16,-94.85 Latitude: 43.16 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 27 SFC 958 403 28.0 25.7 87 2.3 26.3 127 10 304.9 309.0 300.8 371.4 22.15 2 950 476 28.1 24.6 81 3.5 25.5 130 15 305.7 309.6 300.4 368.7 20.94 3 900 956 27.1 19.9 65 7.2 21.9 163 21 309.4 312.5 298.6 359.5 16.47 4 850 1462 25.7 15.5 53 10.2 18.6 208 18 313.1 315.6 297.4 353.7 13.15 5 800 1994 23.8 10.7 44 13.1 15.1 239 26 316.5 318.5 296.3 348.4 10.16 6 750 2556 21.0 3.3 31 17.7 10.4 253 26 319.4 320.7 294.4 340.2 6.49 7 700 3147 16.2 -0.7 31 17.0 6.8 255 25 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.3 5.19 8 650 3771 10.6 -1.3 44 11.9 4.1 264 22 320.9 322.0 293.9 338.3 5.36 9 600 4431 4.9 -5.5 47 10.3 -0.3 280 21 321.7 322.6 293.2 335.6 4.24 10 550 5132 -1.6 -7.8 63 6.2 -4.4 291 28 322.2 323.0 293.0 335.0 3.87 11 500 5882 -8.1 -11.6 76 3.5 -9.5 286 31 323.2 323.8 292.7 333.7 3.15 12 450 6693 -13.0 -21.3 50 8.3 -15.5 272 37 326.9 327.3 292.3 332.4 1.55 13 400 7580 -18.9 -36.4 20 17.5 -22.1 268 38 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.42 14 350 8560 -26.5 -38.8 30 12.3 -28.3 261 39 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.38 15 300 9652 -35.8 -48.8 25 13.0 -36.8 258 41 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 16 250 10895 -44.0 -60.7 14 16.6 -44.7 254 54 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12363 -52.9 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.2 255 53 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14176 -62.5 -75.9 15 13.4 -62.6 256 41 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16651 -64.8 -82.0 8 17.2 -64.9 270 15 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.37 m Freezing level: 562.17 mb = 4961.57 m = 16277.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.11 mb = 4388.17 m = 14396.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.21 % Est. max temperature: 38.96 C = 102.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.33 mb = 699.93 m = 2296.34 ft T: 27.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.89 C/km ThetaE index: 34.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.05 mb = 3073.41 m = 10083.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.28 C = 109.90 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: -8.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 568.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3500.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 329.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.93 mb = 1703.64 m = 5589.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.93 mb = 3745.89 m = 12289.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.93 mb = 14095.03 m = 46242.96 ft B at Equ Level: 3489.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 303.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.54 Bulk Rich Number: 21.45 Bulk Shear: 163.21 m/s