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: 43.13,-95.56 Latitude: 43.13 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 121 SFC 964 442 26.6 23.9 85 2.7 24.6 122 11 302.9 306.5 299.0 361.5 19.73 2 950 571 25.9 22.5 81 3.4 23.4 127 17 303.5 306.9 298.3 358.0 18.33 3 900 1046 23.2 19.6 80 3.6 20.6 162 21 305.4 308.4 297.4 353.7 16.15 4 850 1545 21.3 16.5 74 4.8 17.9 200 26 308.4 311.1 296.8 350.9 14.04 5 800 2069 18.6 14.0 75 4.6 15.4 220 34 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.6 12.64 6 750 2622 17.4 5.7 46 11.7 10.3 235 31 315.5 317.0 294.3 339.7 7.71 7 700 3209 14.6 -4.4 27 19.0 4.9 257 16 318.7 319.5 292.1 331.5 3.95 8 650 3828 9.5 -10.5 23 19.9 0.5 276 14 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.65 9 600 4485 3.6 -12.4 30 16.0 -3.1 282 18 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.45 10 550 5183 -2.6 -14.1 41 11.5 -7.1 275 25 321.0 321.5 291.4 328.8 2.33 11 500 5929 -9.4 -17.5 52 8.1 -12.1 276 30 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.94 12 450 6734 -15.0 -27.7 33 12.7 -18.0 288 33 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.87 13 400 7615 -20.7 -35.3 26 14.7 -23.2 306 23 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.47 14 350 8587 -28.3 -42.9 23 14.6 -30.0 289 11 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.5 0.25 15 300 9672 -37.0 -51.7 20 14.7 -38.0 295 17 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10907 -46.7 -56.7 31 10.0 -47.1 280 24 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12348 -57.1 -61.6 57 4.5 -57.2 277 27 342.3 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14155 -59.6 -75.0 12 15.4 -59.8 279 21 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.3 -59.5 259 15 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.13 m Freezing level: 570.89 mb = 4891.11 m = 16046.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3919.63 m = 12859.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.72 mb = 779.21 m = 2556.42 ft T: 24.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 33.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.90 mb = 2668.50 m = 8754.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.32 C = 102.78 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -8.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 28.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3122.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.83 mb = 1373.69 m = 4506.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.83 mb = 3932.24 m = 12900.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.83 mb = 13302.05 m = 43641.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3118.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.3 neg: -16.0 tot: 380.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.54 Bulk Rich Number: 20.52 Bulk Shear: 152.19 m/s