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: 43.25,-93.44 Latitude: 43.25 Longitude: -93.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 968 376 29.3 25.7 81 3.6 26.6 170 11 305.2 309.3 300.8 371.2 21.94 2 950 543 27.8 22.7 74 5.2 24.0 175 18 305.4 308.9 298.9 361.0 18.55 3 900 1020 23.5 20.4 83 3.1 21.3 185 23 305.7 308.9 298.1 356.8 17.04 4 850 1519 21.7 14.8 65 6.9 17.0 214 33 308.9 311.2 296.0 347.0 12.55 5 800 2046 21.4 8.7 44 12.7 13.3 220 34 314.0 315.7 294.7 341.6 8.87 6 750 2601 17.2 7.2 52 10.0 11.0 221 30 315.3 316.9 294.8 342.0 8.54 7 700 3186 12.8 4.4 56 8.4 7.8 224 25 316.6 318.1 294.4 340.3 7.49 8 650 3805 9.7 -8.4 27 18.1 1.2 224 20 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.11 9 600 4462 3.7 -9.7 37 13.3 -2.3 216 16 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.5 3.06 10 550 5160 -2.8 -12.2 48 9.4 -6.6 214 14 320.8 321.3 291.7 329.9 2.72 11 500 5907 -7.8 -21.0 34 13.2 -12.0 220 13 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.5 1.43 12 450 6719 -12.9 -22.0 46 9.1 -15.6 252 19 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.2 1.46 13 400 7606 -19.1 -23.6 68 4.5 -20.3 263 18 330.1 330.4 293.1 335.2 1.42 14 350 8584 -27.0 -27.3 97 0.3 -27.1 262 13 332.4 332.6 293.4 336.6 1.17 15 300 9676 -35.6 -35.9 97 0.3 -35.6 267 12 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.60 16 250 10917 -45.5 -46.4 91 0.9 -45.6 271 23 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.24 17 200 12365 -57.5 -57.7 98 0.2 -57.5 273 15 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.08 18 150 14147 -61.9 -74.1 18 12.2 -62.0 266 35 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16643 -63.5 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.7 172 3 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.57 m Freezing level: 571.47 mb = 4860.02 m = 15944.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.04 mb = 4021.80 m = 13194.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.41 % Est. max temperature: 36.08 C = 96.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.04 mb = 825.80 m = 2709.28 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 29.59 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.74 mb = 2478.93 m = 8132.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.95 C = 102.10 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3385.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.88 mb = 1377.58 m = 4519.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.88 mb = 3319.67 m = 10891.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.88 mb = 13790.41 m = 45243.59 ft B at Equ Level: 3376.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.8 neg: -9.9 tot: 167.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.76 Bulk Rich Number: 143.27 Bulk Shear: 23.63 m/s