MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-96.89 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 968 393 30.7 24.3 69 6.4 25.9 173 4 306.7 310.5 300.1 367.4 20.12 2 950 561 30.5 19.9 53 10.6 22.8 182 9 308.1 311.0 297.7 355.2 15.56 3 900 1043 27.0 17.2 55 9.8 20.1 188 18 309.3 311.9 297.0 351.4 13.85 4 850 1546 23.1 15.4 62 7.8 17.8 192 26 310.4 312.8 296.7 350.1 13.02 5 800 2072 18.7 14.0 74 4.7 15.5 196 30 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.7 12.63 6 750 2623 15.1 10.5 74 4.6 12.1 204 34 313.0 315.0 295.7 346.1 10.72 7 700 3207 14.2 -1.0 35 15.2 5.9 223 30 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.5 5.07 8 650 3828 9.8 -5.1 34 15.0 2.3 240 24 320.1 320.9 292.6 333.2 4.01 9 600 4486 4.4 -14.0 25 18.4 -3.1 256 21 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.5 2.16 10 550 5185 -1.9 -17.4 30 15.5 -7.5 259 25 321.8 322.1 291.1 327.8 1.77 11 500 5933 -8.9 -19.0 44 10.0 -12.2 263 28 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.0 1.71 12 450 6738 -15.9 -23.0 54 7.1 -17.8 270 32 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.33 13 400 7616 -21.2 -34.7 29 13.5 -23.6 294 27 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.50 14 350 8588 -28.2 -44.3 20 16.1 -30.0 296 21 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 15 300 9672 -37.5 -50.0 26 12.5 -38.3 278 16 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 16 250 10902 -47.6 -54.8 44 7.2 -47.9 285 22 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.09 17 200 12340 -57.4 -60.6 67 3.2 -57.5 298 28 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14148 -59.6 -75.6 11 16.0 -59.7 283 20 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.8 -59.9 240 14 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.83 m Freezing level: 565.33 mb = 4971.04 m = 16308.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.62 mb = 4102.82 m = 13460.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.76 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.54 mb = 1215.41 m = 3987.52 ft T: 25.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 39.61 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2543.52 m = 8344.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 97.98 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 32.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2982.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.35 mb = 2078.81 m = 6820.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.35 mb = 4158.88 m = 13644.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.35 mb = 13202.28 m = 43314.04 ft B at Equ Level: 2980.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 59.98 Bulk Shear: 49.73 m/s