MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.45,-94.92 Latitude: 45.45 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 964 382 28.7 24.3 77 4.4 25.4 174 5 305.0 308.8 299.8 365.6 20.22 2 950 513 27.8 21.6 69 6.2 23.3 174 9 305.4 308.6 298.2 357.3 17.35 3 900 991 23.5 20.3 82 3.2 21.2 181 12 305.7 308.9 298.0 356.3 16.87 4 850 1489 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.8 184 14 306.7 309.7 297.7 354.7 15.97 5 800 2010 16.8 16.1 95 0.8 16.3 190 15 309.1 311.8 297.3 353.1 14.50 6 750 2560 14.7 11.3 80 3.4 12.5 206 17 312.5 314.7 296.0 347.4 11.30 7 700 3143 12.6 6.3 65 6.3 8.7 216 24 316.5 318.1 295.1 343.4 8.58 8 650 3762 8.7 2.4 65 6.2 5.1 223 28 318.8 320.1 294.6 341.2 7.04 9 600 4418 3.1 -0.1 79 3.2 1.4 226 29 319.8 321.0 294.4 340.2 6.36 10 550 5116 -2.7 -4.9 85 2.2 -3.8 221 28 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.5 4.82 11 500 5864 -8.6 -10.1 89 1.5 -9.2 231 26 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.3 3.55 12 450 6674 -13.4 -16.0 81 2.6 -14.3 248 32 326.4 326.9 293.0 334.7 2.44 13 400 7560 -19.4 -23.5 70 4.1 -20.5 245 35 329.7 330.0 293.0 334.8 1.44 14 350 8539 -26.3 -28.7 81 2.3 -26.8 234 35 333.3 333.5 293.6 337.0 1.03 15 300 9634 -34.4 -38.1 69 3.7 -34.8 232 44 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.7 0.47 16 250 10881 -44.5 -55.3 29 10.8 -45.0 230 35 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.08 17 200 12336 -56.0 -61.6 49 5.6 -56.1 230 33 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14133 -60.6 -70.4 26 9.8 -60.7 244 45 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.02 19 100 16656 -60.9 -83.8 3 22.9 -61.2 216 20 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.56 m Freezing level: 573.30 mb = 4790.99 m = 15718.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.82 mb = 4596.41 m = 15079.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.11 mb = 941.05 m = 3087.40 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 31.28 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1486.85 m = 4878.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -8.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -7.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 27.08 C K Index: 40.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2966.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1361.00 m = 4465.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.57 mb = 1718.85 m = 5639.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.57 mb = 2933.41 m = 9623.92 ft B at Equ Level: 14.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 88.09 Bulk Shear: 33.67 m/s