MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.66,-95.00 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 970 399 25.8 23.1 85 2.7 23.9 159 12 301.6 305.0 298.1 356.8 18.69 2 950 582 24.5 21.7 84 2.8 22.5 165 20 302.1 305.3 297.4 353.6 17.45 3 900 1055 21.3 19.5 90 1.8 20.0 189 25 303.4 306.4 296.8 351.1 16.04 4 850 1550 18.5 17.4 93 1.1 17.8 216 23 305.6 308.3 296.7 350.2 14.92 5 800 2070 18.4 12.8 70 5.6 14.6 233 21 310.7 312.9 295.8 346.4 11.66 6 750 2623 15.9 9.3 65 6.6 11.7 254 20 313.8 315.7 295.4 344.5 9.87 7 700 3206 11.2 8.5 83 2.7 9.5 269 18 314.9 316.8 295.7 346.0 9.99 8 650 3820 7.0 -6.7 37 13.7 0.5 279 17 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.4 3.56 9 600 4472 1.8 -7.7 49 9.5 -2.6 283 23 318.2 318.9 291.7 329.9 3.57 10 550 5166 -3.8 -9.0 67 5.2 -6.1 284 30 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.0 3.51 11 500 5911 -9.7 -14.7 67 5.0 -11.5 290 33 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.4 2.44 12 450 6717 -14.6 -21.7 55 7.1 -16.6 296 26 324.9 325.2 291.7 330.1 1.50 13 400 7599 -20.4 -28.9 46 8.5 -22.2 297 33 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.7 0.88 14 350 8573 -27.6 -35.4 48 7.8 -28.9 297 34 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.5 0.54 15 300 9661 -36.6 -42.9 52 6.3 -37.2 297 32 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.29 16 250 10896 -46.7 -56.5 32 9.8 -47.0 296 29 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12339 -56.7 -63.5 42 6.8 -56.9 279 32 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14153 -56.8 -78.6 5 21.8 -57.1 263 20 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16711 -58.9 -84.8 2 26.0 -59.2 233 10 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.93 m Freezing level: 583.86 mb = 4695.94 m = 15406.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.98 mb = 3921.07 m = 12864.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.17 mb = 738.74 m = 2423.65 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1367.13 m = 4485.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 27.15 C K Index: 42.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2661.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.12 mb = 1141.17 m = 3743.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.12 mb = 3251.65 m = 10668.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.12 mb = 13140.97 m = 43112.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2626.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.12 mb = 16336.68 m = 53597.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 229.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.75 Bulk Rich Number: 21.22 Bulk Shear: 125.41 m/s