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: 43.01,-95.56 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 965 434 26.8 24.0 85 2.8 24.7 119 11 303.0 306.7 299.1 362.1 19.85 2 950 570 26.2 22.5 80 3.7 23.5 124 18 303.8 307.1 298.4 358.4 18.35 3 900 1046 23.6 19.5 77 4.2 20.6 162 22 305.9 308.8 297.4 353.8 16.01 4 850 1545 21.6 16.2 71 5.4 17.8 198 27 308.8 311.4 296.7 350.5 13.77 5 800 2070 18.7 13.9 74 4.8 15.5 219 33 311.1 313.5 296.5 349.7 12.59 6 750 2623 17.2 6.5 49 10.7 10.6 233 32 315.3 316.8 294.5 340.7 8.11 7 700 3209 14.7 -4.1 27 18.8 5.0 257 18 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.9 4.03 8 650 3829 9.5 -10.6 23 20.1 0.5 272 13 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.4 2.63 9 600 4486 3.7 -12.2 30 15.8 -3.0 284 17 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.7 2.51 10 550 5184 -2.6 -14.0 41 11.5 -7.1 277 24 321.0 321.5 291.4 328.9 2.35 11 500 5930 -9.3 -17.7 51 8.4 -12.1 277 30 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.2 1.91 12 450 6735 -15.1 -27.6 33 12.6 -18.1 289 34 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.4 0.88 13 400 7616 -20.6 -35.7 25 15.1 -23.2 309 23 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.46 14 350 8589 -28.4 -43.2 23 14.9 -30.1 291 11 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9674 -37.0 -51.8 20 14.8 -38.0 294 18 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 16 250 10908 -46.7 -56.7 31 10.0 -47.1 281 25 336.6 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12350 -57.0 -61.6 56 4.6 -57.1 277 27 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14157 -59.6 -74.9 12 15.3 -59.8 279 21 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.4 -59.4 257 14 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.60 m Freezing level: 570.64 mb = 4895.75 m = 16061.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.05 mb = 3917.56 m = 12852.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.03 % Est. max temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.87 mb = 786.77 m = 2581.22 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 33.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2569.23 m = 8429.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.50 C = 101.30 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -8.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.51 C K Index: 28.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3161.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.99 mb = 1422.82 m = 4668.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.99 mb = 3995.23 m = 13107.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.99 mb = 13483.18 m = 44235.62 ft B at Equ Level: 3133.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.0 neg: -9.9 tot: 410.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.94 Bulk Rich Number: 20.18 Bulk Shear: 156.63 m/s