MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.84,-93.55 Latitude: 44.84 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 982 297 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.1 181 9 299.5 302.4 295.8 346.5 16.08 2 950 588 22.8 19.0 79 3.8 20.1 185 20 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.3 14.68 3 900 1057 19.3 16.4 83 2.9 17.3 200 24 301.4 303.8 294.3 340.0 13.12 4 850 1548 16.2 15.0 92 1.2 15.4 216 20 303.1 305.5 294.5 340.7 12.68 5 800 2063 13.8 12.3 91 1.5 12.9 233 19 305.9 308.0 294.3 339.9 11.34 6 750 2606 11.5 6.5 71 5.0 8.5 249 21 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.9 8.12 7 700 3180 8.7 -2.8 44 11.5 2.8 272 22 312.1 312.9 290.6 326.1 4.44 8 650 3789 5.7 -12.8 25 18.5 -1.9 281 28 315.4 315.8 289.6 322.7 2.20 9 600 4439 2.4 -19.6 18 22.0 -5.3 288 33 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.4 1.34 10 550 5135 -2.9 -13.1 45 10.2 -7.0 292 40 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.1 2.53 11 500 5882 -8.8 -18.3 46 9.5 -12.0 291 36 322.3 322.6 291.3 328.4 1.80 12 450 6687 -15.4 -22.1 57 6.7 -17.3 293 32 323.9 324.2 291.4 328.9 1.45 13 400 7565 -22.1 -25.0 77 2.9 -22.8 286 28 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.7 1.25 14 350 8532 -29.6 -31.7 82 2.1 -29.9 277 23 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.7 0.77 15 300 9612 -38.0 -41.7 68 3.7 -38.3 260 20 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.33 16 250 10841 -47.9 -48.8 90 0.9 -48.0 249 25 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.18 17 200 12292 -51.7 -65.1 18 13.5 -52.0 280 31 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.03 18 150 14156 -53.6 -81.7 2 28.1 -54.0 260 39 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16712 -59.9 -84.1 3 24.3 -60.2 249 6 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.89 m Freezing level: 577.57 mb = 4751.51 m = 15588.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.79 mb = 3542.39 m = 11621.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.21 mb = 789.51 m = 2590.22 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 18.06 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1436.14 m = 4711.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 28.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1147.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.52 mb = 1186.82 m = 3893.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.52 mb = 4553.05 m = 14937.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.52 mb = 11627.33 m = 38146.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1133.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.52 mb = 14090.28 m = 46227.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 119.52 m/s