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: 44.67,-95.32 Latitude: 44.67 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 973 324 30.2 25.4 76 4.7 26.6 129 7 305.7 309.7 300.7 370.4 21.49 2 950 538 29.7 22.5 65 7.2 24.4 140 14 307.3 310.8 299.2 362.9 18.40 3 900 1019 26.1 20.0 69 6.1 21.7 152 12 308.4 311.5 298.4 358.7 16.60 4 850 1521 23.6 13.2 52 10.4 16.7 143 8 310.9 313.0 295.6 345.5 11.32 5 800 2049 21.3 4.0 32 17.3 11.1 159 7 313.9 315.1 292.7 333.8 6.37 6 750 2603 17.0 0.9 34 16.1 8.0 190 8 315.0 316.1 292.3 332.3 5.44 7 700 3186 12.4 -1.0 40 13.4 5.2 220 16 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.4 5.08 8 650 3802 7.5 -4.4 43 11.9 1.5 237 25 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.26 9 600 4455 2.3 -7.1 50 9.4 -2.1 250 31 318.8 319.5 292.0 330.9 3.73 10 550 5151 -3.5 -7.1 76 3.6 -5.2 262 35 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.2 4.08 11 500 5897 -9.6 -10.9 91 1.2 -10.1 281 38 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.3 3.34 12 450 6701 -16.1 -17.6 88 1.5 -16.6 279 42 323.0 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.13 13 400 7577 -21.8 -30.9 43 9.1 -23.6 288 37 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.72 14 350 8546 -28.4 -33.4 62 5.0 -29.2 286 27 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.65 15 300 9631 -37.1 -44.5 46 7.4 -37.8 289 28 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 16 250 10865 -47.0 -52.5 54 5.5 -47.3 311 38 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12 17 200 12306 -57.1 -60.2 68 3.1 -57.2 301 37 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.06 18 150 14120 -56.6 -78.0 5 21.4 -56.8 273 31 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.01 19 100 16675 -60.3 -84.4 3 24.1 -60.6 250 10 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.56 m Freezing level: 580.29 mb = 4729.47 m = 15516.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4073.25 m = 13363.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.29 % Est. max temperature: 36.87 C = 98.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.29 mb = 927.52 m = 3043.00 ft T: 26.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 38.10 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2463.52 m = 8082.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.16 C = 102.48 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -10.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4216.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.76 mb = 1637.29 m = 5371.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.76 mb = 3021.79 m = 9913.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.76 mb = 13566.25 m = 44508.16 ft B at Equ Level: 4185.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.9 neg: -20.7 tot: 91.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 42.92 Bulk Shear: 98.26 m/s