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: 43.16,-95.32 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 965 437 26.2 23.8 87 2.3 24.5 126 11 302.4 306.0 298.8 360.5 19.61 2 950 574 25.3 22.4 84 2.9 23.2 130 17 302.9 306.3 298.1 357.1 18.27 3 900 1048 22.6 19.5 83 3.0 20.4 163 22 304.8 307.8 297.3 352.8 16.09 4 850 1546 20.9 16.5 76 4.4 17.8 201 27 308.1 310.7 296.7 350.5 14.03 5 800 2070 18.3 14.1 76 4.3 15.4 224 33 310.7 313.1 296.5 349.6 12.72 6 750 2623 17.4 5.8 46 11.7 10.3 238 30 315.5 317.0 294.3 339.7 7.71 7 700 3209 14.4 -3.1 30 17.5 5.2 256 16 318.4 319.3 292.4 332.4 4.34 8 650 3829 9.3 -10.0 24 19.4 0.5 279 14 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.6 2.74 9 600 4485 3.5 -12.3 30 15.8 -3.1 284 19 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.49 10 550 5182 -2.7 -14.2 41 11.6 -7.2 279 26 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.6 2.31 11 500 5928 -9.5 -17.0 54 7.5 -12.1 279 31 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 2.03 12 450 6734 -14.9 -27.8 32 12.9 -18.0 290 33 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.6 0.86 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 8586 -28.4 -43.2 23 14.8 -30.1 286 12 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9671 -37.0 -51.7 20 14.7 -37.9 293 17 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10906 -46.5 -57.0 29 10.5 -46.9 281 24 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.07 17 200 12349 -57.0 -61.9 54 4.9 -57.1 275 25 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14155 -59.8 -74.9 12 15.0 -60.0 280 21 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -59.3 -84.4 2 25.1 -59.6 259 13 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.14 m Freezing level: 571.58 mb = 4881.40 m = 16014.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3924.17 m = 12874.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.14 mb = 730.81 m = 2397.63 ft T: 24.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 32.00 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2662.61 m = 8735.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.34 C = 102.81 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 29.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2984.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.91 mb = 1304.49 m = 4279.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.91 mb = 3969.75 m = 13023.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.91 mb = 13409.61 m = 43994.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2958.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 280.3 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): 43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 407.0 neg: -20.4 tot: 386.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.44 Bulk Rich Number: 19.10 Bulk Shear: 156.25 m/s