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: 43.14,-95.38 Latitude: 43.14 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 439 26.3 23.8 87 2.4 24.5 124 11 302.5 306.1 298.8 360.8 19.65 2 950 573 25.5 22.5 83 3.0 23.3 129 17 303.0 306.4 298.2 357.4 18.31 3 900 1048 22.7 19.6 82 3.2 20.5 163 22 304.9 307.9 297.3 353.1 16.12 4 850 1546 21.0 16.5 75 4.6 17.9 200 27 308.2 310.8 296.8 350.6 14.01 5 800 2070 18.4 14.0 76 4.4 15.4 223 34 310.8 313.2 296.5 349.6 12.69 6 750 2623 17.4 5.7 46 11.7 10.3 237 31 315.5 317.0 294.3 339.7 7.71 7 700 3209 14.5 -3.5 29 18.0 5.1 257 16 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.2 4.21 8 650 3829 9.4 -10.2 24 19.5 0.5 278 14 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.6 2.72 9 600 4485 3.6 -12.3 30 15.9 -3.1 284 19 320.3 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.48 10 550 5183 -2.7 -14.2 41 11.6 -7.1 278 26 320.9 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.31 11 500 5929 -9.4 -17.1 54 7.7 -12.1 278 31 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 2.00 12 450 6734 -14.9 -27.8 33 12.9 -18.0 290 33 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.6 0.87 13 400 7614 -20.7 -35.6 25 14.9 -23.3 307 23 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.46 14 350 8587 -28.4 -43.2 23 14.8 -30.1 288 12 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9671 -37.0 -51.7 20 14.8 -37.9 294 17 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10907 -46.6 -56.9 30 10.4 -47.0 281 24 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 12349 -57.0 -61.8 54 4.8 -57.1 275 26 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14155 -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 -59.5 259 14 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.30 m Freezing level: 571.35 mb = 4884.68 m = 16025.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3924.24 m = 12874.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.69 C = 92.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.87 mb = 742.08 m = 2434.60 ft T: 24.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 32.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.29 mb = 2664.67 m = 8742.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.34 C = 102.82 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -8.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 577.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3027.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.23 mb = 1320.79 m = 4333.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.23 mb = 3991.43 m = 13095.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.23 mb = 13472.64 m = 44201.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2993.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.7 neg: -18.5 tot: 391.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.58 Bulk Rich Number: 19.38 Bulk Shear: 156.22 m/s