MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.16,-93.82 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 968 362 30.1 25.8 78 4.3 26.9 180 11 306.1 310.2 301.1 372.9 22.14 2 950 528 28.6 22.6 70 6.0 24.1 184 18 306.2 309.6 299.0 361.6 18.42 3 900 1007 24.2 20.4 79 3.9 21.4 192 23 306.5 309.6 298.2 357.5 16.96 4 850 1507 21.6 16.5 72 5.2 18.0 215 32 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.3 14.00 5 800 2033 20.8 10.6 52 10.2 14.1 224 38 313.3 315.2 295.4 344.6 10.10 6 750 2589 17.5 7.9 53 9.6 11.4 221 36 315.6 317.3 295.2 343.6 8.97 7 700 3174 12.9 5.7 61 7.2 8.5 223 32 316.8 318.4 295.0 342.7 8.23 8 650 3792 8.7 -2.9 44 11.6 2.7 222 25 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.2 4.77 9 600 4449 4.3 -14.3 24 18.6 -3.3 216 19 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.11 10 550 5149 -1.8 -15.4 35 13.6 -7.0 224 18 321.9 322.3 291.4 329.0 2.09 11 500 5897 -8.7 -13.1 71 4.4 -10.4 227 17 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.8 2.80 12 450 6705 -14.0 -20.3 59 6.2 -15.9 239 22 325.6 325.9 292.1 331.5 1.70 13 400 7591 -18.9 -25.8 54 6.9 -20.6 249 19 330.4 330.7 293.0 334.6 1.17 14 350 8572 -25.8 -33.9 47 8.1 -27.2 238 10 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.3 0.62 15 300 9668 -34.6 -39.0 64 4.4 -35.1 241 18 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.44 16 250 10913 -45.0 -50.4 55 5.4 -45.3 252 22 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.15 17 200 12364 -57.1 -60.7 63 3.6 -57.2 231 18 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14150 -62.8 -74.3 20 11.4 -63.0 246 18 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16644 -62.5 -83.9 4 21.4 -62.7 163 8 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.06 m Freezing level: 565.08 mb = 4937.69 m = 16199.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.56 mb = 4080.64 m = 13387.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.15 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.68 mb = 902.89 m = 2962.21 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 44.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.33 mb = 2459.62 m = 8069.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.98 C = 102.16 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -8.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 39.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3499.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.79 mb = 1437.44 m = 4715.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.79 mb = 3272.51 m = 10736.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.79 mb = 14075.94 m = 46180.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3476.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.7 neg: -22.9 tot: 154.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.89 Bulk Rich Number: 140.18 Bulk Shear: 24.96 m/s