MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 44.37,-93.03 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 981 320 20.9 16.9 78 4.0 18.2 285 7 295.6 297.9 292.1 331.4 12.44 2 950 598 19.9 13.1 65 6.8 15.6 303 15 297.4 299.2 290.7 326.5 10.04 3 900 1061 16.4 10.9 70 5.6 13.0 325 11 298.5 300.1 290.3 325.1 9.12 4 850 1545 13.0 8.6 74 4.5 10.4 326 7 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.1 8.25 5 800 2054 10.9 5.0 67 5.9 7.5 271 7 302.7 304.0 289.8 323.2 6.83 6 750 2589 7.9 3.4 73 4.5 5.4 266 10 305.1 306.3 290.2 324.9 6.53 7 700 3156 5.3 0.1 69 5.3 2.6 265 17 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.4 5.50 8 650 3760 3.2 -4.4 58 7.6 -0.4 260 27 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.1 4.26 9 600 4405 -0.3 -3.8 77 3.5 -2.0 252 35 315.8 316.7 292.0 331.1 4.80 10 550 5098 -3.4 -12.3 50 8.9 -7.0 244 39 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.1 2.71 11 500 5845 -8.3 -12.4 72 4.1 -9.9 243 44 322.9 323.5 292.4 332.8 2.95 12 450 6656 -12.6 -17.7 65 5.1 -14.3 240 50 327.5 327.9 293.0 334.8 2.12 13 400 7545 -18.9 -25.0 59 6.1 -20.5 241 54 330.4 330.7 293.0 334.9 1.26 14 350 8527 -25.4 -26.0 95 0.6 -25.6 235 60 334.5 334.7 294.1 339.2 1.31 15 300 9627 -33.4 -37.5 66 4.1 -34.0 235 67 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.2 0.50 16 250 10879 -43.1 -48.2 57 5.1 -43.5 227 68 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.8 0.19 17 200 12347 -54.8 -57.5 72 2.7 -54.9 219 77 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.08 18 150 14133 -63.0 -71.5 31 8.5 -63.1 240 62 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.02 19 100 16657 -58.6 -83.6 3 25.0 -59.0 254 22 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.55 m Freezing level: 604.32 mb = 4349.14 m = 14268.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.37 mb = 3668.00 m = 12033.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.32 mb = 823.27 m = 2700.97 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 8.19 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2180.20 m = 7152.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 5.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.36 C Cross Totals Index: 16.89 C K Index: 24.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7411.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.44 mb = 1501.11 m = 4924.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -10.8 tot: 44.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 41.96 m/s