MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-95.00 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 960 410 26.9 24.0 84 3.0 24.7 165 14 303.6 307.3 299.2 362.8 19.87 2 950 504 27.2 22.7 77 4.5 23.9 168 22 304.8 308.2 298.8 360.3 18.58 3 900 981 24.9 18.4 67 6.5 20.3 187 32 307.1 309.9 297.1 352.2 14.95 4 850 1483 23.1 13.3 54 9.8 16.5 210 28 310.3 312.5 295.6 345.2 11.40 5 800 2010 21.2 2.7 30 18.4 10.5 200 19 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.1 5.83 6 750 2563 16.6 0.5 33 16.2 7.6 212 14 314.6 315.6 292.1 331.3 5.27 7 700 3145 12.0 -4.8 31 16.8 3.7 229 10 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.1 3.83 8 650 3760 7.3 -7.9 33 15.3 0.3 267 8 317.3 317.9 291.1 327.8 3.23 9 600 4413 2.4 -9.2 42 11.6 -2.8 290 14 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.3 3.17 10 550 5109 -2.9 -12.1 49 9.2 -6.6 282 17 320.7 321.2 291.7 329.8 2.76 11 500 5857 -7.8 -18.5 42 10.8 -11.4 273 20 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.6 1.77 12 450 6668 -12.8 -20.1 54 7.3 -15.1 268 26 327.1 327.5 292.6 333.1 1.72 13 400 7558 -17.9 -25.6 51 7.6 -19.9 278 32 331.7 331.9 293.3 336.0 1.19 14 350 8543 -24.7 -34.7 39 10.0 -26.4 269 27 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.57 15 300 9645 -33.3 -42.9 37 9.7 -34.3 299 27 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.29 16 250 10897 -43.9 -47.4 69 3.4 -44.2 309 40 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12354 -55.0 -59.5 57 4.5 -55.1 305 46 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14142 -63.6 -70.0 42 6.3 -63.7 270 40 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16661 -60.5 -84.3 3 23.8 -60.8 256 15 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.34 m Freezing level: 577.31 mb = 4728.72 m = 15513.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3812.62 m = 12508.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.87 % Est. max temperature: 36.25 C = 97.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.83 mb = 788.77 m = 2587.79 ft T: 25.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 35.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2625.05 m = 8612.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.96 C = 100.33 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 27.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2186.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.87 mb = 1670.04 m = 5479.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.87 mb = 3302.44 m = 10834.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.87 mb = 13479.69 m = 44224.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2173.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.3 neg: -61.1 tot: 133.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.66 Bulk Rich Number: 35.01 Bulk Shear: 62.46 m/s