MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.30,-95.40 Latitude: 44.30 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 971 369 24.8 20.4 77 4.3 21.7 190 16 300.4 303.3 295.9 346.7 15.77 2 950 561 22.2 19.2 83 3.0 20.1 195 25 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.2 14.88 3 900 1030 18.4 18.0 97 0.5 18.1 209 29 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.1 14.54 4 850 1524 20.5 14.9 70 5.7 16.7 237 30 307.6 310.0 295.7 345.7 12.60 5 800 2048 19.8 9.9 53 9.9 13.4 246 22 312.3 314.1 294.8 341.9 9.60 6 750 2602 17.6 1.9 35 15.6 8.6 262 19 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.2 5.87 7 700 3187 13.5 -1.9 35 15.3 5.3 257 23 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.7 4.77 8 650 3805 8.9 -7.1 31 16.0 1.3 254 32 319.1 319.7 291.8 330.4 3.46 9 600 4461 3.2 -11.4 33 14.6 -3.0 248 35 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.6 2.66 10 550 5157 -3.2 -15.0 40 11.8 -7.7 254 36 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.17 11 500 5903 -9.0 -23.0 31 14.0 -13.0 269 43 322.1 322.4 290.6 326.3 1.20 12 450 6708 -14.9 -26.6 36 11.7 -17.8 268 41 324.5 324.7 291.1 328.0 0.97 13 400 7589 -20.9 -35.1 27 14.3 -23.4 262 33 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.48 14 350 8561 -28.0 -33.4 60 5.4 -28.9 263 33 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.4 0.65 15 300 9652 -35.1 -38.9 68 3.8 -35.5 266 29 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.44 16 250 10897 -44.4 -48.4 65 3.9 -44.7 249 26 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.19 17 200 12353 -56.0 -57.1 87 1.1 -56.0 228 28 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.08 18 150 14151 -57.7 -76.8 7 19.2 -57.9 274 18 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16692 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 184 12 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.31 m Freezing level: 575.04 mb = 4808.41 m = 15775.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3991.49 m = 13095.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.10 % Est. max temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.74 mb = 917.41 m = 3009.84 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 19.38 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.55 mb = 3060.08 m = 10039.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.22 C = 106.20 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.65 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 946.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 467.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.16 mb = 1114.96 m = 3657.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.16 mb = 4647.66 m = 15248.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.16 mb = 12154.85 m = 39877.63 ft B at Equ Level: 943.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.16 mb = 14313.53 m = 46959.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.4 neg: -25.0 tot: 174.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 12.08 Bulk Shear: 78.29 m/s