MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-93.74 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 969 366 29.6 25.8 80 3.8 26.7 171 11 305.5 309.6 300.9 371.8 22.01 2 950 539 28.1 22.6 72 5.5 24.0 177 18 305.7 309.2 298.9 361.1 18.46 3 900 1017 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 187 23 306.1 309.2 298.1 356.8 16.90 4 850 1516 22.0 14.8 64 7.2 17.1 214 34 309.2 311.5 296.0 347.2 12.52 5 800 2044 21.6 8.6 43 13.0 13.3 220 35 314.2 315.9 294.7 341.6 8.81 6 750 2599 17.4 7.0 50 10.5 10.9 221 31 315.5 317.1 294.7 341.8 8.39 7 700 3185 13.2 3.1 51 10.0 7.3 222 26 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.9 6.87 8 650 3804 9.8 -9.0 26 18.8 1.1 217 21 320.1 320.6 291.7 329.9 2.97 9 600 4461 3.7 -9.7 37 13.4 -2.3 209 17 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.5 3.04 10 550 5159 -2.6 -13.1 44 10.5 -6.8 208 14 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.4 2.53 11 500 5907 -7.9 -19.6 39 11.7 -11.8 212 13 323.4 323.7 291.4 328.9 1.62 12 450 6718 -13.1 -21.4 50 8.3 -15.6 254 19 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.1 1.54 13 400 7605 -19.3 -23.8 67 4.5 -20.5 260 19 329.9 330.2 293.0 334.9 1.40 14 350 8582 -27.0 -28.1 90 1.1 -27.3 259 14 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.2 1.08 15 300 9674 -35.5 -36.2 93 0.7 -35.6 269 15 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.5 0.58 16 250 10917 -45.3 -45.7 95 0.4 -45.3 268 25 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.7 0.25 17 200 12366 -57.2 -57.4 97 0.2 -57.2 273 16 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 14145 -62.1 -74.0 19 11.8 -62.3 265 37 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16643 -63.6 -84.0 5 20.4 -63.8 169 3 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.32 m Freezing level: 570.61 mb = 4871.43 m = 15982.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.91 mb = 4009.80 m = 13155.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.74 % Est. max temperature: 36.29 C = 97.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.96 mb = 852.16 m = 2795.78 ft T: 25.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 30.17 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.84 mb = 2521.32 m = 8271.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.33 C = 102.80 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -7.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 34.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3405.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.65 mb = 1417.78 m = 4651.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.65 mb = 3617.74 m = 11869.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.65 mb = 13956.16 m = 45787.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3378.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.9 neg: -14.9 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.66 Bulk Rich Number: 165.95 Bulk Shear: 20.52 m/s