MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.17,-92.7 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -92.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 970 348 29.5 25.7 80 3.8 26.6 172 16 305.3 309.3 300.8 371.0 21.87 2 950 532 27.6 23.0 76 4.6 24.2 174 26 305.2 308.7 299.1 361.9 18.93 3 900 1010 23.2 20.6 85 2.6 21.3 180 33 305.5 308.7 298.1 357.2 17.25 4 850 1510 24.3 11.5 45 12.8 15.8 209 35 311.6 313.5 294.9 342.5 10.05 5 800 2039 22.1 8.5 42 13.6 13.4 220 30 314.7 316.3 294.8 341.9 8.72 6 750 2596 18.0 6.1 46 11.9 10.7 232 27 316.1 317.7 294.6 341.0 7.89 7 700 3182 14.6 -5.5 24 20.1 4.5 253 15 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.5 3.63 8 650 3803 9.9 -13.7 17 23.6 -0.0 274 6 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.1 2.04 9 600 4460 4.2 -12.9 28 17.1 -3.0 334 3 321.0 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.36 10 550 5160 -1.8 -13.3 41 11.5 -6.4 326 8 322.0 322.5 291.8 330.4 2.49 11 500 5909 -8.1 -14.8 58 6.7 -10.6 306 10 323.2 323.7 292.1 331.3 2.42 12 450 6718 -13.7 -23.0 45 9.3 -16.4 293 14 326.0 326.2 291.9 330.6 1.33 13 400 7603 -19.5 -28.3 46 8.8 -21.5 291 14 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.1 0.93 14 350 8582 -26.2 -32.4 56 6.2 -27.3 282 19 333.5 333.6 293.3 336.2 0.72 15 300 9676 -35.3 -39.9 63 4.6 -35.8 283 26 335.6 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.40 16 250 10918 -45.7 -46.3 93 0.6 -45.7 293 34 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.24 17 200 12368 -55.5 -64.6 31 9.1 -55.6 287 28 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14163 -63.4 -76.6 15 13.2 -63.5 315 27 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16651 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 263 10 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.81 m Freezing level: 564.78 mb = 4952.77 m = 16249.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.43 mb = 3796.99 m = 12457.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.17 % Est. max temperature: 37.55 C = 99.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.93 mb = 825.70 m = 2708.95 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 43.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.02 mb = 2606.81 m = 8552.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.31 C = 104.55 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 23.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3288.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.78 mb = 1358.72 m = 4457.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.78 mb = 3805.27 m = 12484.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.78 mb = 14171.47 m = 46493.75 ft B at Equ Level: 3249.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 270.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.19 Bulk Rich Number: 63.26 Bulk Shear: 51.98 m/s