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: 43.56,-94.61 Latitude: 43.56 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 134 SFC 972 382 26.3 23.7 86 2.5 24.4 155 11 301.8 305.4 298.5 359.0 19.34 2 950 584 25.2 21.8 82 3.4 22.8 159 19 302.7 306.0 297.7 354.8 17.57 3 900 1058 21.6 19.0 85 2.6 19.8 174 26 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.1 15.57 4 850 1554 19.7 16.0 79 3.7 17.2 210 29 306.8 309.3 296.1 347.7 13.58 5 800 2076 17.9 13.3 74 4.6 14.8 226 32 310.2 312.5 296.0 347.2 12.10 6 750 2629 17.2 7.4 52 9.8 11.1 229 30 315.3 316.9 294.9 342.3 8.65 7 700 3214 13.5 -0.2 39 13.7 5.9 237 25 317.4 318.5 293.0 334.6 5.39 8 650 3833 9.1 -9.0 27 18.1 0.8 252 21 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.1 2.99 9 600 4489 3.4 -7.9 43 11.3 -1.9 267 21 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.6 3.51 10 550 5187 -2.8 -11.2 53 8.3 -6.3 274 22 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.97 11 500 5932 -9.7 -18.1 50 8.4 -12.5 277 24 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.84 12 450 6735 -15.8 -24.8 46 9.0 -18.1 282 27 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.4 1.14 13 400 7612 -21.8 -31.3 42 9.5 -23.7 295 26 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.2 0.70 14 350 8581 -29.1 -40.3 33 11.1 -30.5 265 19 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.33 15 300 9663 -37.4 -47.2 35 9.8 -38.2 257 23 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 16 250 10894 -47.4 -54.6 44 7.2 -47.7 242 26 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12334 -56.4 -61.5 53 5.0 -56.5 250 32 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14142 -60.5 -73.9 16 13.4 -60.7 260 17 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -58.8 -84.7 2 25.9 -59.1 257 10 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.40 m Freezing level: 572.77 mb = 4868.88 m = 15973.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 4021.82 m = 13194.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.19 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.32 mb = 702.04 m = 2303.26 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 29.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1967.17 m = 6453.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2803.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.98 mb = 1223.69 m = 4014.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.98 mb = 4115.27 m = 13501.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.98 mb = 13067.28 m = 42871.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2802.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 293.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.14 Bulk Rich Number: 27.87 Bulk Shear: 100.56 m/s