MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 43.29,-95.32 Latitude: 43.29 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 128 SFC 964 443 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 115 8 292.2 294.3 290.5 325.6 11.76 2 950 565 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 119 14 292.5 294.6 290.2 324.8 11.37 3 900 1023 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 156 23 295.8 297.7 290.6 326.3 10.58 4 850 1505 12.5 11.9 96 0.7 12.1 182 21 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.5 10.34 5 800 2013 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 220 17 302.2 304.0 292.2 331.5 9.89 6 750 2549 8.0 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 249 17 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.4 9.01 7 700 3117 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 266 20 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.2 7.86 8 650 3719 1.4 1.3 99 0.1 1.4 271 19 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.7 6.49 9 600 4360 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.2 -2.3 273 19 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.6 5.37 10 550 5048 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.7 287 17 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.45 11 500 5790 -9.8 -10.5 95 0.7 -10.1 288 13 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.4 3.45 12 450 6596 -14.7 -15.4 95 0.7 -14.9 285 11 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.4 2.57 13 400 7478 -20.6 -21.3 94 0.7 -20.8 266 13 328.2 328.5 292.9 334.2 1.74 14 350 8452 -27.8 -29.5 85 1.7 -28.1 258 12 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.7 0.95 15 300 9538 -36.9 -39.3 79 2.3 -37.2 242 13 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.42 16 250 10770 -47.9 -48.2 96 0.3 -47.9 225 4 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.19 17 200 12202 -57.7 -60.5 70 2.8 -57.8 288 20 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.06 18 150 14035 -55.1 -79.5 3 24.5 -55.4 296 35 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16571 -62.5 -84.2 4 21.7 -62.7 315 27 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.06 m Freezing level: 629.72 mb = 3979.08 m = 13054.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.18 mb = 3954.39 m = 12973.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.61 mb = 470.36 m = 1543.14 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.78 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1396.93 m = 4583.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.96 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6886.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.71 mb = 969.02 m = 3179.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 258.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 109.05 m/s