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: 43.09,-95.39 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -95.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 965 436 26.4 23.9 86 2.5 24.5 123 11 302.6 306.2 298.9 361.0 19.69 2 950 572 25.6 22.5 83 3.1 23.3 128 18 303.1 306.5 298.2 357.6 18.32 3 900 1047 22.9 19.5 81 3.4 20.5 163 22 305.1 308.1 297.3 353.2 16.07 4 850 1546 21.2 16.4 74 4.8 17.8 199 27 308.3 310.9 296.7 350.5 13.92 5 800 2070 18.5 14.0 75 4.5 15.4 222 34 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.6 12.66 6 750 2623 17.4 6.0 47 11.4 10.4 236 31 315.4 316.9 294.3 340.0 7.83 7 700 3209 14.5 -3.5 29 18.0 5.1 257 17 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.3 4.22 8 650 3829 9.4 -10.2 24 19.6 0.5 277 13 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.5 2.70 9 600 4485 3.6 -12.2 30 15.8 -3.1 285 18 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.50 10 550 5183 -2.6 -14.2 41 11.6 -7.1 278 25 320.9 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.31 11 500 5929 -9.4 -17.2 53 7.8 -12.1 278 30 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.3 1.98 12 450 6734 -15.0 -27.8 33 12.8 -18.0 290 34 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.87 13 400 7615 -20.7 -35.8 25 15.1 -23.3 309 23 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.8 0.45 14 350 8587 -28.4 -43.3 23 14.9 -30.1 288 12 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9672 -37.0 -51.8 20 14.8 -37.9 294 18 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10907 -46.6 -56.9 30 10.4 -47.0 281 24 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 12350 -57.0 -61.8 54 4.8 -57.1 275 26 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14156 -59.7 -74.9 12 15.2 -59.9 280 21 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.2 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 258 14 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.41 m Freezing level: 571.21 mb = 4887.18 m = 16033.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3924.62 m = 12875.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.39 mb = 746.26 m = 2448.33 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 32.46 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2653.80 m = 8706.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.26 C = 102.66 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 28.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 577.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3047.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.24 mb = 1340.66 m = 4398.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.24 mb = 4017.42 m = 13180.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.24 mb = 13548.42 m = 44449.67 ft B at Equ Level: 3004.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.0 neg: -15.6 tot: 403.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.77 Bulk Rich Number: 19.32 Bulk Shear: 157.75 m/s