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,-95.63 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 964 437 26.9 24.0 84 2.9 24.7 121 10 303.1 306.8 299.1 362.1 19.84 2 950 569 26.3 22.4 79 3.9 23.5 127 17 303.9 307.3 298.4 358.3 18.28 3 900 1045 23.6 19.5 78 4.1 20.6 162 22 305.8 308.8 297.4 353.8 16.01 4 850 1545 21.5 16.5 73 5.0 18.0 199 25 308.7 311.3 296.8 351.1 14.00 5 800 2069 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.4 219 33 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.6 12.62 6 750 2622 17.3 6.1 48 11.2 10.4 233 31 315.4 316.9 294.4 340.2 7.92 7 700 3209 14.7 -4.3 27 19.0 4.9 256 17 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.7 3.98 8 650 3829 9.5 -10.5 23 20.0 0.5 273 14 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.64 9 600 4485 3.7 -12.3 30 16.0 -3.1 281 18 320.4 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.47 10 550 5183 -2.6 -14.0 41 11.4 -7.0 275 25 321.0 321.5 291.4 328.9 2.35 11 500 5929 -9.3 -17.6 51 8.3 -12.1 276 30 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.2 1.92 12 450 6735 -15.0 -27.7 33 12.7 -18.0 288 34 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.87 13 400 7615 -20.7 -35.2 26 14.5 -23.2 306 24 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.48 14 350 8588 -28.3 -43.0 23 14.7 -30.0 289 11 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.24 15 300 9673 -37.0 -51.6 20 14.6 -38.0 292 18 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 16 250 10907 -46.7 -56.5 32 9.8 -47.1 280 24 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12349 -57.1 -61.5 57 4.4 -57.2 277 27 342.3 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14156 -59.6 -74.9 12 15.3 -59.8 279 22 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 258 15 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.25 m Freezing level: 570.70 mb = 4894.09 m = 16056.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3924.25 m = 12874.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.97 C = 93.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.63 mb = 798.21 m = 2618.77 ft T: 24.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 33.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2646.37 m = 8682.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.39 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -8.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.77 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3166.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.61 mb = 1426.18 m = 4679.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.61 mb = 3999.36 m = 13121.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.61 mb = 13496.11 m = 44278.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3137.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.1 neg: -13.6 tot: 373.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.41 Bulk Rich Number: 21.15 Bulk Shear: 149.71 m/s