MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.51,-95.45 Latitude: 43.51 Longitude: -95.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 962 467 26.7 23.4 82 3.3 24.3 152 10 303.2 306.7 298.7 360.2 19.17 2 950 575 26.5 22.0 76 4.5 23.2 155 17 304.1 307.4 298.1 356.9 17.74 3 900 1051 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 176 23 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.4 15.76 4 850 1548 20.7 15.7 73 5.0 17.3 207 28 307.9 310.4 296.3 348.2 13.35 5 800 2071 17.7 13.5 76 4.2 14.8 227 33 310.0 312.3 296.0 347.3 12.22 6 750 2624 17.9 4.1 40 13.8 9.7 234 27 316.0 317.3 293.7 337.6 6.84 7 700 3210 13.9 -1.6 34 15.5 5.6 246 22 317.9 318.9 292.7 333.6 4.87 8 650 3829 9.3 -8.5 28 17.7 1.0 264 24 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.11 9 600 4485 3.5 -11.3 33 14.8 -2.9 269 25 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.1 2.69 10 550 5183 -2.9 -12.8 46 9.9 -6.9 273 26 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.3 2.60 11 500 5928 -9.7 -14.8 66 5.1 -11.6 272 30 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.3 2.43 12 450 6731 -15.8 -23.5 52 7.6 -17.9 275 29 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.8 1.28 13 400 7608 -22.0 -32.7 37 10.7 -23.9 290 30 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.7 0.61 14 350 8577 -28.6 -39.7 34 11.1 -30.0 294 21 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.35 15 300 9661 -37.4 -44.2 49 6.9 -37.9 287 23 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.25 16 250 10892 -47.6 -50.8 70 3.2 -47.8 268 24 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12328 -57.8 -60.5 71 2.7 -57.9 277 30 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 18 150 14137 -58.0 -76.7 7 18.8 -58.2 259 18 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16678 -60.3 -84.5 3 24.2 -60.5 251 13 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.99 m Freezing level: 572.54 mb = 4868.04 m = 15971.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3988.92 m = 13086.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.23 mb = 883.73 m = 2899.36 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 31.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.95 mb = 2050.26 m = 6726.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -8.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.44 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 30.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3052.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.27 mb = 1474.22 m = 4836.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.27 mb = 4055.64 m = 13305.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.27 mb = 13266.73 m = 43525.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3025.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.5 neg: -8.3 tot: 298.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.74 Bulk Rich Number: 25.92 Bulk Shear: 117.79 m/s