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: 43.36,-93.60 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -93.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 968 375 29.3 25.7 81 3.6 26.6 170 11 305.3 309.3 300.8 371.2 21.93 2 950 540 27.8 22.7 74 5.1 24.0 176 18 305.4 308.9 298.9 361.2 18.59 3 900 1018 23.5 20.5 83 3.0 21.3 185 23 305.7 308.9 298.1 356.9 17.08 4 850 1516 21.8 14.8 65 7.0 17.0 214 34 309.0 311.3 296.0 347.1 12.55 5 800 2043 21.6 8.6 43 13.0 13.3 221 35 314.2 315.9 294.7 341.7 8.81 6 750 2599 17.4 7.1 51 10.2 11.0 222 31 315.4 317.1 294.8 342.1 8.49 7 700 3184 13.0 3.9 54 9.1 7.6 224 26 316.9 318.3 294.3 339.9 7.26 8 650 3803 9.8 -9.3 25 19.1 1.0 223 22 320.1 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.92 9 600 4461 3.7 -9.9 36 13.7 -2.3 216 18 320.5 321.0 291.8 330.4 3.00 10 550 5159 -2.6 -12.3 47 9.7 -6.6 215 15 320.9 321.5 291.7 329.9 2.70 11 500 5907 -7.8 -19.4 39 11.5 -11.6 218 14 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.2 1.65 12 450 6718 -13.0 -21.1 50 8.1 -15.5 253 19 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.4 1.57 13 400 7605 -19.3 -23.5 70 4.2 -20.4 261 19 329.9 330.2 293.0 335.0 1.44 14 350 8582 -26.9 -27.5 95 0.6 -27.1 259 13 332.4 332.7 293.4 336.6 1.14 15 300 9675 -35.6 -36.2 94 0.6 -35.7 265 13 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.58 16 250 10916 -45.5 -46.6 89 1.1 -45.6 270 22 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.4 0.23 17 200 12364 -57.4 -57.6 98 0.2 -57.4 269 14 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.08 18 150 14144 -61.9 -73.9 19 12.0 -62.0 265 36 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16642 -63.5 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.7 178 5 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.54 m Freezing level: 570.70 mb = 4869.67 m = 15976.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3997.85 m = 13116.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.90 % Est. max temperature: 36.23 C = 97.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.31 mb = 829.98 m = 2723.01 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 29.56 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.50 mb = 2502.15 m = 8209.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.16 C = 102.49 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3390.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.15 mb = 1372.11 m = 4501.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.15 mb = 3560.80 m = 11682.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.15 mb = 13777.39 m = 45200.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3383.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.2 neg: -11.2 tot: 174.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.92 Bulk Rich Number: 133.22 Bulk Shear: 25.45 m/s