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: 43.90,-92.96 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 965 383 29.3 25.5 80 3.8 26.4 186 17 305.6 309.6 300.8 371.1 21.77 2 950 522 27.9 23.4 76 4.5 24.5 187 28 305.5 309.1 299.4 363.6 19.36 3 900 1000 23.5 20.8 85 2.7 21.6 190 36 305.8 309.0 298.3 358.2 17.45 4 850 1502 26.2 9.9 36 16.3 15.7 213 36 313.6 315.4 294.7 341.8 9.07 5 800 2033 23.0 7.7 38 15.2 13.3 215 33 315.6 317.2 294.7 341.6 8.29 6 750 2591 18.6 5.7 43 13.0 10.7 220 27 316.8 318.3 294.6 341.0 7.67 7 700 3179 15.0 -5.3 24 20.4 4.7 220 18 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.1 3.67 8 650 3800 10.5 -14.3 16 24.8 0.1 182 15 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.4 1.94 9 600 4459 4.4 -14.2 24 18.7 -3.1 187 10 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.11 10 550 5158 -2.3 -11.1 51 8.8 -6.0 228 6 321.4 321.9 292.0 331.3 2.99 11 500 5905 -8.9 -13.5 69 4.6 -10.7 251 8 322.1 322.7 292.0 331.1 2.69 12 450 6712 -14.7 -19.0 70 4.3 -16.0 267 7 324.8 325.2 292.0 331.3 1.89 13 400 7593 -21.0 -30.6 42 9.6 -22.9 271 10 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.75 14 350 8563 -29.0 -35.5 53 6.6 -30.0 270 7 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.53 15 300 9645 -37.5 -37.6 99 0.1 -37.5 229 13 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.50 16 250 10879 -46.3 -57.0 29 10.7 -46.7 236 16 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 17 200 12329 -56.1 -64.4 34 8.4 -56.2 200 26 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14114 -62.5 -70.9 32 8.4 -62.6 224 18 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16637 -60.5 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.8 176 12 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.52 m Freezing level: 567.11 mb = 4918.75 m = 16137.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.78 mb = 3815.85 m = 12519.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.96 % Est. max temperature: 38.69 C = 101.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.98 mb = 863.53 m = 2833.06 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 43.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2806.97 m = 9209.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.31 C = 106.36 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: -8.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 24.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3677.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 316.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.30 mb = 1478.08 m = 4849.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.30 mb = 3962.69 m = 13000.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.30 mb = 13819.30 m = 45338.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3666.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.9 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 237.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.8 neg: -16.3 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.77 Bulk Rich Number: 181.16 Bulk Shear: 20.30 m/s