MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.42,-96.14 Latitude: 43.42 Longitude: -96.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 964 439 23.6 22.7 95 0.8 23.0 116 11 299.9 303.2 297.4 353.6 18.35 2 950 563 23.8 22.4 92 1.4 22.8 122 20 301.3 304.7 297.7 355.0 18.20 3 900 1039 25.2 18.4 66 6.8 20.4 167 28 307.4 310.2 297.2 352.6 14.96 4 850 1541 22.8 16.2 66 6.6 18.2 193 22 310.0 312.6 297.0 351.9 13.72 5 800 2067 19.9 13.3 65 6.7 15.4 214 27 312.4 314.7 296.5 349.5 12.06 6 750 2621 17.0 7.0 52 10.0 10.8 224 26 315.1 316.7 294.7 341.4 8.43 7 700 3207 14.6 -6.6 22 21.3 4.2 244 11 318.7 319.3 291.6 329.6 3.32 8 650 3827 9.5 -10.0 24 19.6 0.7 255 11 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.8 2.74 9 600 4484 3.6 -11.6 32 15.2 -2.9 266 16 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.0 2.62 10 550 5182 -2.8 -14.7 39 11.9 -7.3 271 19 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.3 2.23 11 500 5928 -9.0 -19.6 42 10.6 -12.4 273 29 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.7 1.62 12 450 6733 -15.2 -26.7 37 11.6 -18.0 284 25 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.95 13 400 7613 -20.7 -36.0 24 15.3 -23.4 291 23 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.44 14 350 8587 -28.1 -41.7 26 13.6 -29.8 269 18 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.28 15 300 9672 -36.8 -46.8 35 9.9 -37.7 275 21 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.19 16 250 10908 -46.6 -54.3 41 7.7 -46.9 282 21 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 17 200 12352 -56.3 -62.3 46 6.1 -56.4 285 29 343.6 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 14157 -60.7 -73.9 16 13.2 -60.8 281 22 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16677 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.6 279 10 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.82 m Freezing level: 571.62 mb = 4879.91 m = 16010.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.71 mb = 3945.46 m = 12944.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.65 % Est. max temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.34 mb = 541.50 m = 1776.57 ft T: 23.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 26.15 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.42 mb = 2822.77 m = 9260.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.82 C = 103.68 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.13 C Showalter Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2759.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.66 mb = 1513.12 m = 4964.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.66 mb = 4114.18 m = 13497.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.66 mb = 13458.75 m = 44155.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2720.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.2 neg: -23.5 tot: 326.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.95 Bulk Rich Number: 20.44 Bulk Shear: 134.96 m/s