MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 43.16,-94.45 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 978 363 16.5 16.0 97 0.4 16.2 112 11 291.4 293.5 290.2 324.8 11.80 2 950 612 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 122 24 292.5 294.5 290.1 324.4 11.23 3 900 1071 13.7 12.8 94 0.9 13.1 145 30 295.7 297.5 290.4 325.5 10.36 4 850 1552 12.0 10.8 92 1.2 11.3 155 26 298.7 300.5 290.8 326.8 9.60 5 800 2059 9.5 8.5 93 1.0 8.9 160 18 301.3 302.9 290.9 327.1 8.73 6 750 2593 6.8 5.8 93 1.0 6.2 161 14 303.9 305.4 290.9 327.1 7.71 7 700 3157 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.8 163 13 305.8 307.0 290.6 326.0 6.66 8 650 3755 0.0 -0.0 99 0.1 -0.0 176 11 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.1 5.88 9 600 4394 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.2 -2.9 201 11 313.0 313.9 291.5 329.1 5.13 10 550 5080 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.3 -6.5 220 9 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.22 11 500 5819 -11.1 -11.4 97 0.4 -11.2 231 8 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.1 3.20 12 450 6621 -16.2 -16.5 98 0.2 -16.3 208 8 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.34 13 400 7497 -22.4 -22.5 99 0.1 -22.4 194 6 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.4 1.57 14 350 8463 -29.8 -30.3 96 0.4 -29.9 180 6 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.7 0.88 15 300 9540 -38.9 -39.9 90 1.0 -39.0 214 9 330.6 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.40 16 250 10762 -49.6 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.6 186 13 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12193 -55.0 -65.7 25 10.7 -55.2 254 11 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14036 -55.4 -79.1 4 23.7 -55.8 294 16 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.01 19 100 16576 -61.1 -84.2 3 23.1 -61.4 325 19 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.06 m Freezing level: 649.40 mb = 3762.84 m = 12345.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.68 mb = 3746.78 m = 12292.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.21 mb = 415.70 m = 1363.83 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 1.15 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1203.31 m = 3947.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.49 C = 70.68 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 2.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6566.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.84 mb = 895.03 m = 2936.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 196.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.7 neg: -15.0 tot: 125.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 27.16 m/s