MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-95.79 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 963 462 23.3 22.2 93 1.2 22.5 129 10 299.7 303.0 297.0 351.6 17.73 2 950 576 23.7 21.9 90 1.8 22.4 135 18 301.2 304.4 297.3 353.2 17.67 3 900 1051 24.0 18.2 70 5.9 19.9 180 30 306.3 309.0 296.7 350.5 14.74 4 850 1551 22.0 15.9 68 6.1 17.7 205 28 309.1 311.7 296.7 350.1 13.47 5 800 2076 18.2 14.5 79 3.7 15.7 226 26 310.6 313.1 296.8 350.6 13.10 6 750 2627 14.7 11.7 82 2.9 12.7 237 35 312.5 314.7 296.3 348.3 11.63 7 700 3210 14.1 -1.5 34 15.5 5.6 249 28 318.0 319.0 292.7 333.8 4.91 8 650 3830 9.9 -7.7 28 17.6 1.5 252 18 320.1 320.8 292.0 330.9 3.28 9 600 4488 4.1 -13.5 26 17.6 -3.1 249 18 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.4 2.25 10 550 5187 -2.3 -17.2 31 15.0 -7.7 259 21 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.5 1.80 11 500 5933 -9.1 -20.1 41 11.0 -12.6 268 27 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.2 1.55 12 450 6737 -16.2 -21.6 63 5.5 -17.7 275 29 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.51 13 400 7614 -21.7 -33.8 33 12.1 -23.8 290 21 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.8 0.55 14 350 8585 -28.2 -44.1 20 15.9 -30.0 275 18 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.22 15 300 9669 -37.1 -50.5 24 13.4 -38.1 274 22 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.12 16 250 10902 -47.3 -51.8 60 4.5 -47.5 294 23 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 17 200 12342 -57.7 -60.8 68 3.0 -57.8 291 21 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14142 -59.0 -75.0 11 16.0 -59.2 274 19 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16675 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.8 -59.9 269 9 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.58 m Freezing level: 567.73 mb = 4938.77 m = 16203.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.96 mb = 4035.50 m = 13239.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.19 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.49 mb = 608.70 m = 1997.03 ft T: 23.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 23.38 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.69 mb = 2295.18 m = 7530.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2598.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 238.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.89 mb = 1490.58 m = 4890.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.89 mb = 4340.06 m = 14238.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.89 mb = 13326.20 m = 43720.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2551.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 406.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.22 Bulk Rich Number: 20.15 Bulk Shear: 128.93 m/s