MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.1,-93.19 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 971 359 27.9 25.2 85 2.7 25.9 204 10 303.6 307.5 300.0 367.0 21.22 2 950 551 27.1 23.4 80 3.7 24.3 205 18 304.7 308.3 299.2 362.8 19.42 3 900 1028 23.1 21.0 88 2.1 21.6 212 24 305.4 308.6 298.4 358.3 17.67 4 850 1527 21.9 15.4 66 6.5 17.4 236 28 309.1 311.6 296.4 348.7 13.04 5 800 2054 21.5 9.3 46 12.2 13.7 246 30 314.1 315.8 295.0 342.9 9.25 6 750 2611 18.1 6.8 47 11.3 11.1 254 26 316.3 317.9 294.9 342.4 8.29 7 700 3197 13.5 3.9 52 9.6 7.8 262 21 317.5 318.9 294.4 340.5 7.26 8 650 3816 8.5 1.5 61 7.0 4.5 278 20 318.5 319.8 294.2 339.5 6.56 9 600 4472 3.0 -4.6 58 7.5 -0.8 297 23 319.6 320.4 292.9 334.3 4.55 10 550 5169 -3.1 -9.7 61 6.6 -6.0 306 31 320.4 321.0 292.1 331.4 3.34 11 500 5915 -9.2 -17.1 53 7.9 -11.9 315 26 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 2.01 12 450 6722 -13.8 -30.0 24 16.2 -17.5 310 24 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.71 13 400 7607 -19.3 -40.4 14 21.1 -22.6 301 29 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.28 14 350 8586 -26.0 -49.1 10 23.0 -28.5 300 26 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 15 300 9681 -34.7 -47.6 26 12.9 -35.8 301 25 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.17 16 250 10928 -44.6 -53.8 35 9.2 -45.0 287 19 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.10 17 200 12386 -54.5 -66.5 21 12.1 -54.7 292 25 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14182 -63.4 -75.5 18 12.1 -63.5 315 29 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16682 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.2 -62.1 261 17 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.95 m Freezing level: 575.62 mb = 4811.61 m = 15785.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.59 mb = 4368.74 m = 14332.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.45 % Est. max temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.04 mb = 700.64 m = 2298.65 ft T: 25.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 38.48 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.89 mb = 2509.21 m = 8232.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.07 C = 104.12 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -9.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3472.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.38 mb = 1220.63 m = 4004.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.38 mb = 3373.55 m = 11067.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.38 mb = 14374.97 m = 47161.41 ft B at Equ Level: 3418.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.7 neg: -10.0 tot: 198.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.51 Bulk Rich Number: 47.72 Bulk Shear: 72.78 m/s