MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.00,-95.20 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 967 421 26.2 24.0 87 2.3 24.6 124 11 302.3 305.9 298.8 360.8 19.74 2 950 574 25.5 22.4 83 3.1 23.2 129 18 303.0 306.4 298.1 357.2 18.24 3 900 1049 22.9 19.2 80 3.7 20.3 164 24 305.1 308.1 297.1 352.3 15.77 4 850 1547 21.2 16.3 74 4.9 17.8 199 28 308.3 310.9 296.7 350.3 13.87 5 800 2072 18.5 14.0 75 4.5 15.4 224 33 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.6 12.65 6 750 2624 17.3 6.4 49 10.9 10.6 237 32 315.3 316.9 294.5 340.6 8.06 7 700 3211 14.4 -2.1 32 16.4 5.5 255 19 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.5 4.69 8 650 3830 9.3 -9.8 25 19.1 0.6 277 12 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.7 2.80 9 600 4486 3.6 -11.8 31 15.4 -3.0 287 18 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.8 2.57 10 550 5184 -2.7 -14.3 40 11.6 -7.2 282 25 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.6 2.29 11 500 5930 -9.5 -16.9 55 7.4 -12.0 282 30 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.4 2.04 12 450 6735 -14.9 -27.9 32 13.0 -18.0 293 34 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.6 0.86 13 400 7616 -20.7 -36.1 24 15.5 -23.3 312 22 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.44 14 350 8588 -28.5 -44.2 21 15.7 -30.3 285 12 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.21 15 300 9672 -36.9 -51.7 20 14.9 -37.9 288 19 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 16 250 10908 -46.3 -57.2 28 10.9 -46.7 281 25 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.07 17 200 12353 -56.8 -62.1 51 5.3 -56.9 273 24 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 14157 -60.0 -74.7 13 14.7 -60.2 280 21 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16683 -59.5 -84.4 3 24.9 -59.8 256 12 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.65 m Freezing level: 571.49 mb = 4884.18 m = 16024.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.53 mb = 3937.74 m = 12918.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.56 mb = 708.75 m = 2325.28 ft T: 24.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 32.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.46 mb = 2652.97 m = 8703.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.31 C = 102.76 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -8.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 30.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2947.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 200.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.83 mb = 1336.34 m = 4384.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.83 mb = 4010.84 m = 13158.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.83 mb = 13527.47 m = 44380.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2905.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 437.8 neg: -14.8 tot: 423.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.84 Bulk Rich Number: 18.30 Bulk Shear: 161.10 m/s