MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-94.61 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 967 380 26.3 23.2 84 3.0 24.0 182 7 302.3 305.8 298.4 358.3 18.89 2 950 532 25.0 20.7 77 4.2 21.9 188 11 302.5 305.6 296.9 351.2 16.44 3 900 1005 20.8 19.3 91 1.5 19.8 199 11 302.9 305.9 296.6 349.9 15.86 4 850 1498 17.8 16.7 93 1.1 17.0 208 13 304.8 307.4 296.0 347.2 14.19 5 800 2017 16.1 12.2 78 3.9 13.5 204 15 308.3 310.4 294.8 342.2 11.21 6 750 2563 12.6 9.2 80 3.4 10.4 201 15 310.3 312.1 294.4 340.3 9.81 7 700 3140 8.7 6.3 85 2.4 7.3 201 14 312.1 313.8 294.0 338.7 8.59 8 650 3749 4.4 3.0 91 1.4 3.6 201 11 313.9 315.3 293.6 336.9 7.34 9 600 4397 0.5 -2.1 82 2.7 -0.9 210 6 316.7 317.8 292.8 334.1 5.46 10 550 5092 -2.7 -5.6 80 2.9 -4.1 239 18 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.9 4.60 11 500 5842 -7.4 -10.8 76 3.4 -8.8 243 26 324.1 324.7 293.1 335.3 3.36 12 450 6655 -12.9 -15.3 82 2.4 -13.7 242 30 327.1 327.6 293.3 335.9 2.59 13 400 7543 -18.5 -21.4 77 3.0 -19.3 241 28 331.0 331.4 293.6 337.1 1.73 14 350 8526 -25.2 -27.7 80 2.4 -25.8 223 25 334.7 335.0 294.0 338.8 1.12 15 300 9627 -33.3 -33.8 95 0.5 -33.3 216 25 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.74 16 250 10881 -43.3 -43.3 100 -0.0 -43.3 222 35 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.33 17 200 12341 -56.0 -56.0 99 0.1 -55.9 227 47 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.10 18 150 14125 -65.0 -68.7 61 3.6 -65.1 193 31 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16640 -60.4 -83.5 3 23.0 -60.7 211 16 410.9 410.9 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.13 m Freezing level: 591.59 mb = 4513.98 m = 14809.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.65 mb = 4267.94 m = 14002.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 758.13 m = 2487.29 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 24.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1300.04 m = 4265.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1811.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.69 mb = 1162.52 m = 3814.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.69 mb = 1511.27 m = 4958.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.69 mb = 1612.67 m = 5290.86 ft B at Equ Level: 6.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.69 mb = 16122.86 m = 52895.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -5.7 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 240.08 Bulk Shear: 7.55 m/s