MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.42,-94.66 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 975 316 29.6 26.5 83 3.2 27.2 141 7 305.0 309.3 301.2 373.8 22.85 2 950 543 28.3 24.2 78 4.1 25.2 150 12 305.9 309.7 300.1 367.3 20.40 3 900 1023 24.3 21.9 86 2.5 22.5 159 10 306.6 310.1 299.2 362.8 18.64 4 850 1524 23.9 10.6 43 13.3 15.3 162 9 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.4 9.50 5 800 2051 21.1 5.2 35 15.9 11.6 155 7 313.7 315.0 293.2 335.4 6.96 6 750 2605 17.1 -2.1 27 19.2 6.9 176 4 315.2 316.0 291.5 329.1 4.37 7 700 3189 12.5 -1.4 38 13.8 5.1 214 15 316.3 317.3 292.3 332.1 4.95 8 650 3805 7.8 -6.2 36 14.0 1.0 230 25 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.8 3.71 9 600 4458 2.3 -6.9 51 9.2 -2.0 245 28 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.2 3.80 10 550 5154 -3.3 -6.6 78 3.2 -4.8 264 33 320.1 321.0 292.8 334.0 4.25 11 500 5900 -9.5 -12.0 82 2.4 -10.5 283 39 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.6 3.06 12 450 6704 -15.8 -18.3 81 2.5 -16.6 284 42 323.4 323.8 291.7 330.2 2.01 13 400 7581 -21.5 -31.1 42 9.6 -23.4 293 36 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.6 0.71 14 350 8552 -28.6 -36.8 46 8.1 -29.8 285 25 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.47 15 300 9635 -37.7 -42.6 60 4.9 -38.2 286 23 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.30 16 250 10863 -47.7 -53.5 51 5.8 -48.0 299 34 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12305 -55.9 -61.8 48 5.9 -56.1 286 35 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14126 -56.9 -77.8 5 20.9 -57.2 275 31 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16678 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 257 15 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.77 m Freezing level: 579.49 mb = 4743.34 m = 15561.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4016.57 m = 13177.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.46 % Est. max temperature: 36.98 C = 98.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.50 mb = 717.50 m = 2353.96 ft T: 26.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 44.64 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2197.20 m = 7208.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.62 C = 101.51 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -11.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4811.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 98.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.10 mb = 1268.49 m = 4161.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.10 mb = 2832.62 m = 9293.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.10 mb = 13713.56 m = 44991.46 ft B at Equ Level: 4791.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.6 neg: -17.0 tot: 69.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 63.57 Bulk Shear: 75.69 m/s