MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-92.96 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 973 370 18.5 15.3 81 3.2 16.4 320 10 293.9 296.0 290.6 326.2 11.30 2 950 579 16.4 12.4 78 3.9 13.9 321 15 293.8 295.5 289.1 321.3 9.59 3 900 1039 15.7 6.4 54 9.4 10.4 312 20 297.7 298.9 287.9 317.4 6.68 4 850 1521 12.6 5.1 60 7.5 8.4 296 22 299.3 300.5 288.2 318.5 6.48 5 800 2027 9.1 2.2 62 6.8 5.5 295 24 300.8 301.9 288.0 317.7 5.63 6 750 2560 8.3 -6.7 34 15.0 1.6 285 19 305.6 306.2 287.2 315.2 3.09 7 700 3127 5.7 -13.5 24 19.2 -1.8 280 20 308.8 309.1 287.1 315.0 1.92 8 650 3729 2.4 -22.7 14 25.1 -5.4 278 30 311.6 311.8 287.0 314.8 0.95 9 600 4371 -0.7 -32.2 7 31.5 -8.5 271 41 315.3 315.4 287.7 316.8 0.43 10 550 5061 -4.5 -15.6 42 11.1 -8.5 268 62 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.6 2.06 11 500 5805 -9.5 -15.6 61 6.1 -11.6 263 71 321.5 321.9 291.5 329.1 2.27 12 450 6610 -15.2 -19.3 71 4.2 -16.4 263 69 324.2 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.84 13 400 7491 -20.5 -30.1 42 9.6 -22.5 264 67 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.2 0.78 14 350 8465 -27.3 -46.3 15 19.1 -29.3 261 74 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.17 15 300 9556 -35.7 -54.8 12 19.1 -36.9 261 80 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 16 250 10798 -44.7 -60.2 16 15.5 -45.3 249 84 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12260 -53.4 -64.7 24 11.3 -53.7 229 95 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14066 -61.8 -73.1 21 11.3 -61.9 242 78 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16603 -57.1 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.5 281 28 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.42 m Freezing level: 611.40 mb = 4224.79 m = 13860.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.43 mb = 2822.82 m = 9261.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.95 mb = 778.35 m = 2553.63 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.87 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.78 mb = 3118.32 m = 10230.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.76 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.30 C Showalter Index: 7.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 14.55 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 176.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8870.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.10 mb = 1628.97 m = 5344.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.9 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 304.9 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -17.1 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 104.84 m/s