MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-96.81 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 968 395 30.5 25.0 73 5.5 26.3 145 5 306.5 310.4 300.5 370.0 21.03 2 950 559 30.2 21.2 59 8.9 23.6 160 10 307.8 311.0 298.5 359.1 16.97 3 900 1040 26.4 18.8 63 7.6 20.9 180 15 308.7 311.6 297.7 355.1 15.32 4 850 1543 22.6 16.4 68 6.2 18.3 197 23 309.9 312.5 297.1 352.4 13.97 5 800 2069 19.1 13.8 71 5.3 15.5 205 34 311.5 313.9 296.6 349.8 12.48 6 750 2622 17.5 5.8 46 11.8 10.3 217 32 315.6 317.1 294.3 339.9 7.71 7 700 3209 15.0 -3.2 28 18.2 5.4 232 27 319.1 319.9 292.6 333.1 4.32 8 650 3830 10.0 -6.1 32 16.1 2.0 243 23 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.73 9 600 4488 4.4 -12.5 28 16.9 -2.8 256 20 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.3 2.43 10 550 5188 -2.1 -16.8 31 14.8 -7.5 261 24 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.86 11 500 5935 -8.9 -19.1 44 10.1 -12.2 259 26 322.2 322.5 291.1 327.9 1.69 12 450 6740 -16.1 -21.6 62 5.5 -17.7 264 28 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.2 1.51 13 400 7616 -21.8 -30.8 44 9.0 -23.6 278 29 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.74 14 350 8583 -29.6 -36.5 51 6.9 -30.6 286 32 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.6 0.48 15 300 9664 -37.4 -47.3 35 9.9 -38.2 283 27 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 16 250 10898 -46.9 -54.2 43 7.3 -47.2 294 37 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 17 200 12341 -56.7 -62.0 51 5.3 -56.8 277 33 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14146 -58.6 -75.8 9 17.2 -58.8 274 22 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16678 -59.7 -84.2 3 24.5 -60.0 247 11 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.21 m Freezing level: 566.01 mb = 4963.87 m = 16285.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.06 mb = 4099.53 m = 13449.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.77 % Est. max temperature: 34.88 C = 94.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1097.03 m = 3599.14 ft T: 25.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 42.05 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.85 mb = 2935.78 m = 9631.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.35 C = 106.44 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 29.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3572.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.39 mb = 1850.24 m = 6070.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.39 mb = 3888.83 m = 12758.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.39 mb = 13533.11 m = 44399.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3542.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.66 Bulk Rich Number: 55.46 Bulk Shear: 64.41 m/s