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: 43.56,-96.51 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -96.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 963 443 30.0 23.5 68 6.5 25.1 157 6 306.4 310.0 299.5 364.3 19.22 2 950 564 29.8 20.8 58 9.1 23.2 164 10 307.5 310.6 298.1 357.2 16.47 3 900 1045 25.8 18.5 64 7.3 20.6 185 14 308.1 310.9 297.4 353.8 15.09 4 850 1546 21.6 16.4 72 5.2 18.0 197 19 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.1 13.97 5 800 2069 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 200 27 309.7 312.1 296.3 348.6 12.77 6 750 2620 16.4 6.9 54 9.5 10.5 218 31 314.3 315.9 294.4 340.4 8.36 7 700 3205 14.4 -3.3 29 17.7 5.1 239 24 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.3 4.29 8 650 3825 9.4 -9.4 25 18.9 0.8 249 24 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.1 2.88 9 600 4481 3.6 -11.7 32 15.3 -2.9 254 27 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.9 2.60 10 550 5179 -2.7 -11.8 50 9.1 -6.4 264 31 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.2 2.82 11 500 5925 -9.5 -15.3 63 5.8 -11.6 264 31 321.4 321.9 291.5 329.3 2.33 12 450 6729 -15.5 -24.5 46 8.9 -17.9 269 31 323.7 323.9 291.1 327.8 1.17 13 400 7607 -21.7 -33.9 32 12.3 -23.8 288 31 326.8 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.54 14 350 8578 -28.2 -40.0 32 11.7 -29.7 295 23 330.7 330.7 292.2 332.0 0.34 15 300 9661 -37.6 -45.7 43 8.1 -38.2 291 23 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 16 250 10890 -48.1 -53.9 51 5.8 -48.3 279 26 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 17 200 12325 -58.2 -61.5 65 3.3 -58.3 276 33 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 14135 -57.9 -76.6 7 18.7 -58.2 261 18 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16676 -60.1 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.4 240 11 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.34 m Freezing level: 571.55 mb = 4878.34 m = 16004.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.41 mb = 3959.61 m = 12990.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.52 mb = 1276.26 m = 4187.16 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 35.40 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2735.26 m = 8973.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.64 C = 101.54 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -8.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.11 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3311.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.45 mb = 1872.05 m = 6141.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.45 mb = 3907.98 m = 12821.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.45 mb = 13220.63 m = 43374.25 ft B at Equ Level: 3309.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.74 Bulk Rich Number: 46.28 Bulk Shear: 71.55 m/s