MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.07,-94.28 Latitude: 44.07 Longitude: -94.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 973 312 27.9 24.0 79 3.9 25.0 171 16 303.5 307.1 299.1 362.1 19.70 2 950 523 27.4 22.5 75 4.9 23.8 176 30 305.0 308.4 298.7 359.8 18.33 3 900 1001 24.6 19.9 75 4.7 21.2 188 42 306.8 309.9 298.0 356.4 16.48 4 850 1502 23.7 14.9 58 8.8 17.7 212 46 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.6 12.62 5 800 2031 21.4 11.9 54 9.5 15.0 232 45 314.0 316.1 296.2 348.0 10.98 6 750 2590 20.6 1.9 29 18.7 9.7 247 35 319.0 320.1 293.8 337.8 5.87 7 700 3180 16.0 -2.7 28 18.7 6.0 253 27 320.2 321.1 293.0 334.8 4.49 8 650 3803 10.3 -4.1 36 14.4 2.9 251 23 320.6 321.5 293.0 334.8 4.34 9 600 4462 4.2 -5.5 49 9.8 -0.6 239 21 321.0 321.8 293.0 334.8 4.23 10 550 5162 -2.0 -9.5 56 7.5 -5.3 224 17 321.7 322.4 292.5 332.9 3.38 11 500 5911 -8.4 -11.5 79 3.1 -9.6 218 17 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.4 3.19 12 450 6721 -13.1 -15.5 82 2.5 -14.0 247 18 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.4 2.53 13 400 7608 -19.5 -20.3 94 0.8 -19.7 289 25 329.7 330.0 293.4 336.3 1.91 14 350 8588 -26.1 -29.6 72 3.5 -26.8 250 23 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.0 0.94 15 300 9683 -35.1 -36.6 86 1.5 -35.3 254 28 335.9 336.0 293.9 338.0 0.56 16 250 10924 -45.7 -46.7 90 1.0 -45.7 250 27 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.23 17 200 12373 -56.8 -59.0 76 2.2 -56.9 242 32 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.07 18 150 14169 -59.5 -76.6 9 17.1 -59.7 277 30 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16690 -61.4 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.6 249 12 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.63 m Freezing level: 565.93 mb = 4938.81 m = 16203.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.19 mb = 4350.17 m = 14272.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.82 % Est. max temperature: 36.98 C = 98.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.72 mb = 808.92 m = 2653.90 ft T: 25.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km ThetaE index: 27.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3085.30 m = 10122.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.38 C = 111.89 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3137.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 332.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.30 mb = 1417.01 m = 4648.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.30 mb = 4017.27 m = 13179.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.30 mb = 13638.76 m = 44746.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3110.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 543.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 543.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 181.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.27 Bulk Rich Number: 44.65 Bulk Shear: 70.27 m/s