MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.83,-94.22 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 970 328 30.1 26.0 79 4.1 27.0 180 15 306.0 310.2 301.2 373.4 22.33 2 950 508 28.4 23.3 74 5.0 24.6 183 26 306.0 309.6 299.5 364.1 19.34 3 900 986 24.1 20.8 81 3.4 21.7 189 33 306.4 309.6 298.4 358.7 17.39 4 850 1489 26.8 10.0 35 16.8 15.8 206 38 314.2 315.9 294.9 342.5 9.10 5 800 2022 24.1 7.0 33 17.2 13.3 207 33 316.9 318.4 294.7 341.7 7.86 6 750 2583 20.1 2.9 32 17.2 9.9 217 25 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.5 6.30 7 700 3172 16.2 -8.9 17 25.1 4.2 217 18 320.4 321.0 291.6 329.7 2.78 8 650 3795 10.8 -11.8 19 22.6 0.8 213 16 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.2 2.39 9 600 4455 4.7 -11.9 29 16.6 -2.4 222 15 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.1 2.57 10 550 5155 -1.8 -11.6 47 9.8 -5.9 227 12 321.9 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.86 11 500 5904 -8.6 -13.0 71 4.3 -10.3 236 14 322.5 323.1 292.2 331.9 2.82 12 450 6710 -15.0 -18.8 73 3.8 -16.2 248 14 324.3 324.7 292.0 330.9 1.92 13 400 7590 -21.3 -29.3 49 8.0 -23.0 261 11 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.85 14 350 8560 -28.9 -32.5 71 3.5 -29.5 285 7 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.4 0.71 15 300 9644 -36.8 -41.6 61 4.8 -37.3 236 9 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.33 16 250 10879 -46.8 -53.3 47 6.5 -47.1 233 10 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 17 200 12321 -57.1 -62.3 52 5.2 -57.2 247 21 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.04 18 150 14106 -62.2 -70.0 34 7.8 -62.3 211 17 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.02 19 100 16634 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.7 200 14 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.28 m Freezing level: 564.02 mb = 4958.53 m = 16267.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.20 mb = 3959.23 m = 12989.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.98 % Est. max temperature: 39.86 C = 103.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.78 mb = 851.90 m = 2794.93 ft T: 25.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.10 C/km ThetaE index: 44.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.18 mb = 3012.92 m = 9884.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.93 C = 111.07 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: -9.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 20.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4009.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 373.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.23 mb = 1455.80 m = 4776.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.23 mb = 3945.97 m = 12945.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.23 mb = 14180.52 m = 46523.44 ft B at Equ Level: 3956.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.1 neg: -21.0 tot: 147.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.20 Bulk Rich Number: 226.00 Bulk Shear: 17.74 m/s