MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 43.97,-95.24 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 968 422 16.6 16.4 99 0.2 16.4 124 8 292.4 294.6 290.8 326.9 12.17 2 950 583 16.0 15.6 98 0.4 15.8 128 16 293.4 295.5 290.9 327.2 11.84 3 900 1043 14.9 13.4 91 1.5 14.0 142 14 296.8 298.8 291.2 328.1 10.80 4 850 1527 13.1 11.7 91 1.4 12.3 182 11 299.9 301.8 291.7 330.0 10.24 5 800 2035 10.4 8.9 90 1.5 9.5 213 12 302.2 303.9 291.4 328.8 8.97 6 750 2571 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 224 10 304.5 306.0 291.3 328.7 8.06 7 700 3136 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.5 222 11 306.7 308.0 291.1 327.9 6.98 8 650 3735 0.4 0.3 99 0.1 0.3 239 14 309.4 310.5 291.1 328.0 6.02 9 600 4375 -2.3 -2.5 99 0.2 -2.4 266 20 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.3 5.33 10 550 5063 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.9 275 20 317.5 318.3 292.1 331.5 4.36 11 500 5805 -9.7 -10.4 95 0.7 -10.0 280 18 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.6 3.46 12 450 6611 -14.6 -15.0 97 0.3 -14.7 280 16 324.8 325.4 292.7 333.8 2.66 13 400 7493 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 284 16 328.4 328.7 293.0 334.9 1.87 14 350 8467 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 279 19 331.2 331.5 293.1 335.2 1.11 15 300 9554 -36.8 -36.8 100 0.0 -36.8 277 21 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.6 0.54 16 250 10785 -47.9 -48.2 98 0.2 -48.0 280 25 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.19 17 200 12231 -52.4 -67.3 15 14.9 -52.8 293 66 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14076 -56.3 -79.5 4 23.2 -56.6 306 54 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16593 -64.0 -84.0 5 20.1 -64.1 319 30 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.11 m Freezing level: 643.07 mb = 3823.63 m = 12544.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.20 mb = 3806.60 m = 12488.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.20 mb = 447.48 m = 1468.10 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.08 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1542.04 m = 5059.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6700.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.65 mb = 1008.41 m = 3308.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 91.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 79.28 m/s