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: 43.05,-96.22 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 966 416 29.1 25.0 78 4.1 26.0 117 7 305.3 309.2 300.3 368.4 21.02 2 950 562 28.8 21.9 66 6.9 23.8 127 12 306.4 309.7 298.6 359.6 17.68 3 900 1042 25.5 18.9 67 6.6 20.8 158 17 307.8 310.7 297.6 354.6 15.47 4 850 1543 22.4 16.5 70 5.8 18.3 191 20 309.6 312.2 297.1 352.3 14.06 5 800 2069 18.8 13.8 72 5.1 15.4 205 29 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.4 12.47 6 750 2621 16.8 7.4 54 9.4 10.9 220 29 314.8 316.4 294.7 341.8 8.65 7 700 3207 14.6 -3.3 29 17.9 5.2 243 17 318.6 319.4 292.4 332.5 4.28 8 650 3828 9.7 -10.5 23 20.2 0.6 261 15 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.7 2.64 9 600 4485 3.8 -12.1 30 15.9 -2.9 266 18 320.5 321.0 291.4 328.9 2.52 10 550 5183 -2.5 -13.4 43 10.9 -6.8 270 23 321.1 321.6 291.5 329.4 2.47 11 500 5930 -9.1 -18.2 47 9.1 -12.1 271 30 322.0 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.82 12 450 6735 -15.1 -27.2 35 12.1 -18.0 281 34 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.91 13 400 7616 -20.8 -34.1 29 13.3 -23.2 298 26 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.53 14 350 8589 -27.9 -42.9 23 15.0 -29.7 291 13 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9674 -37.0 -48.7 29 11.7 -37.9 278 21 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.15 16 250 10909 -46.7 -55.3 37 8.6 -47.0 279 25 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 17 200 12351 -57.3 -61.1 62 3.7 -57.4 284 28 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14155 -59.8 -74.6 13 14.8 -60.0 276 25 367.0 367.0 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 255 16 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.51 m Freezing level: 569.87 mb = 4905.47 m = 16093.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.39 mb = 3937.25 m = 12917.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.47 C = 94.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.28 mb = 941.27 m = 3088.12 ft T: 26.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 39.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2506.25 m = 8222.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.77 C = 99.98 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -8.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.44 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3415.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.02 mb = 1707.88 m = 5603.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.02 mb = 3840.12 m = 12598.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.02 mb = 13788.74 m = 45238.09 ft B at Equ Level: 3361.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 261.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.38 Bulk Rich Number: 33.40 Bulk Shear: 102.25 m/s