MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-92.09 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 969 375 27.2 22.7 77 4.4 23.9 238 13 303.0 306.4 298.1 357.1 18.23 2 950 548 25.1 19.9 73 5.2 21.4 240 21 302.6 305.5 296.4 348.7 15.58 3 900 1021 20.9 17.6 81 3.3 18.6 245 25 303.0 305.7 295.6 345.1 14.21 4 850 1514 18.5 10.1 58 8.4 13.2 262 24 305.5 307.2 292.5 333.0 9.16 5 800 2031 15.1 6.2 55 8.9 9.8 271 25 307.3 308.7 291.7 329.9 7.44 6 750 2574 10.8 3.8 62 7.0 6.9 277 28 308.3 309.6 291.4 329.0 6.73 7 700 3145 7.0 -0.5 59 7.5 3.1 285 38 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.7 5.27 8 650 3751 3.2 -5.3 54 8.5 -0.9 285 47 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.1 3.96 9 600 4395 0.1 -13.8 34 13.9 -5.3 288 48 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.5 2.19 10 550 5088 -3.2 -10.5 57 7.3 -6.3 286 48 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.6 3.11 11 500 5838 -6.4 -15.8 47 9.4 -9.9 287 53 325.2 325.7 292.5 332.9 2.24 12 450 6654 -11.5 -20.3 48 8.9 -14.3 288 57 328.8 329.2 293.0 334.7 1.69 13 400 7546 -17.6 -28.3 39 10.7 -20.2 287 52 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.5 0.93 14 350 8530 -25.5 -37.2 32 11.8 -27.3 290 51 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.1 0.45 15 300 9627 -34.9 -45.3 34 10.4 -35.9 294 53 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.22 16 250 10868 -45.7 -50.8 57 5.0 -46.0 294 55 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.14 17 200 12317 -56.8 -60.0 66 3.3 -56.9 302 62 342.8 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14095 -64.3 -70.2 44 6.0 -64.3 278 46 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16633 -58.6 -85.0 2 26.5 -58.9 266 20 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.72 m Freezing level: 598.24 mb = 4419.76 m = 14500.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.94 mb = 3614.33 m = 11857.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.80 mb = 935.68 m = 3069.79 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 33.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1823.29 m = 5981.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 27.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1246.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.50 mb = 1407.97 m = 4619.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.50 mb = 2184.89 m = 7168.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.50 mb = 12782.36 m = 41936.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1234.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.50 mb = 15730.87 m = 51609.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.4 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 310.4 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 13.98 Bulk Shear: 89.17 m/s