MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.5,-93.98 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 969 347 28.0 24.7 82 3.4 25.5 158 18 303.9 307.8 299.7 365.4 20.57 2 950 517 28.0 23.3 75 4.7 24.5 161 32 305.6 309.2 299.4 363.3 19.24 3 900 998 27.3 16.9 53 10.4 20.0 186 43 309.7 312.2 296.8 350.9 13.55 4 850 1503 25.7 12.9 45 12.8 17.1 207 37 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.2 11.07 5 800 2034 23.5 6.3 33 17.2 12.9 225 31 316.2 317.7 294.3 339.9 7.51 6 750 2594 20.6 -4.6 18 25.3 7.5 240 23 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.8 3.61 7 700 3183 15.5 -7.8 19 23.3 4.2 245 22 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.7 3.05 8 650 3804 9.7 -10.3 23 20.1 0.7 234 21 320.0 320.5 291.4 328.9 2.68 9 600 4461 3.8 -11.0 33 14.8 -2.6 223 18 320.5 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.76 10 550 5160 -2.1 -16.0 34 13.9 -7.3 235 15 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.3 1.99 11 500 5908 -8.4 -17.4 48 9.0 -11.5 238 16 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.96 12 450 6716 -14.0 -14.7 94 0.7 -14.3 262 18 325.6 326.2 293.0 334.9 2.72 13 400 7601 -19.9 -22.1 83 2.2 -20.5 258 8 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.8 1.63 14 350 8576 -27.4 -27.6 99 0.2 -27.5 205 13 331.8 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.13 15 300 9668 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.6 255 20 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.61 16 250 10910 -45.1 -47.1 80 2.1 -45.2 244 26 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.22 17 200 12362 -57.0 -58.9 79 1.9 -57.0 256 30 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.07 18 150 14141 -62.5 -74.7 18 12.2 -62.6 263 42 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16649 -62.0 -84.2 4 22.2 -62.2 211 14 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.81 m Freezing level: 567.69 mb = 4912.64 m = 16117.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.88 mb = 3933.08 m = 12903.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.85 % Est. max temperature: 38.99 C = 102.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.76 mb = 775.95 m = 2545.72 ft T: 27.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 36.51 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3211.46 m = 10536.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.64 C = 110.55 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 23.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3005.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 400.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.34 mb = 1835.50 m = 6021.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.34 mb = 3888.81 m = 12758.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.34 mb = 13614.42 m = 44666.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2998.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 403.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.52 Bulk Rich Number: 34.16 Bulk Shear: 87.97 m/s