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: 43.90,-95.32 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 965 436 26.8 23.2 80 3.6 24.2 161 10 303.0 306.5 298.5 358.9 18.82 2 950 576 26.1 21.7 76 4.5 22.9 166 16 303.7 306.9 297.8 355.5 17.41 3 900 1051 22.2 19.7 86 2.5 20.4 183 20 304.4 307.4 297.3 352.8 16.24 4 850 1547 19.3 16.8 86 2.5 17.6 212 24 306.3 309.0 296.5 349.3 14.31 5 800 2068 17.0 13.9 82 3.1 14.9 230 33 309.2 311.6 296.1 347.4 12.56 6 750 2620 17.2 5.2 45 12.0 10.0 234 29 315.2 316.7 294.0 338.6 7.43 7 700 3205 14.1 -2.4 32 16.5 5.4 249 25 318.2 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.59 8 650 3825 9.2 -8.3 28 17.5 1.0 263 25 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.6 3.14 9 600 4480 3.3 -10.6 36 13.8 -2.8 267 27 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.3 2.85 10 550 5177 -3.2 -12.2 50 9.1 -6.8 271 29 320.3 320.9 291.5 329.4 2.72 11 500 5922 -10.0 -13.7 74 3.7 -11.3 274 32 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.7 2.66 12 450 6725 -15.9 -23.9 50 8.0 -18.0 280 29 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.5 1.23 13 400 7602 -21.6 -33.5 33 12.0 -23.7 286 28 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.0 0.56 14 350 8573 -28.3 -39.9 32 11.5 -29.8 294 23 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.34 15 300 9657 -37.6 -43.7 53 6.0 -38.2 286 23 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.27 16 250 10886 -47.9 -51.2 69 3.3 -48.1 268 26 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 17 200 12322 -57.5 -61.6 60 4.1 -57.6 271 32 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14134 -58.1 -76.6 8 18.5 -58.3 251 16 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16674 -59.5 -84.4 3 24.9 -59.8 242 15 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.08 m Freezing level: 574.61 mb = 4834.40 m = 15860.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.14 mb = 3988.56 m = 13085.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.92 mb = 897.39 m = 2944.15 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km ThetaE index: 29.60 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1622.80 m = 5324.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -8.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 26.80 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3063.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.90 mb = 1316.73 m = 4319.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.90 mb = 3978.72 m = 13053.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.90 mb = 13424.13 m = 44041.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3010.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.7 neg: -6.3 tot: 259.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 28.72 Bulk Shear: 106.67 m/s