MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.10,-94.55 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -94.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 976 324 27.5 24.6 85 2.8 25.3 168 9 302.7 306.4 299.3 363.2 20.35 2 950 562 26.4 22.4 79 4.0 23.5 177 16 304.0 307.4 298.4 358.4 18.25 3 900 1038 23.4 19.6 79 3.8 20.7 207 19 305.6 308.7 297.5 354.0 16.13 4 850 1536 20.1 17.6 85 2.6 18.4 225 22 307.3 310.1 297.2 352.5 15.03 5 800 2059 17.9 13.5 75 4.4 14.9 236 28 310.2 312.6 296.1 347.6 12.23 6 750 2610 16.4 7.2 54 9.2 10.7 241 22 314.4 316.0 294.6 341.0 8.52 7 700 3195 13.5 -0.7 38 14.2 5.8 243 23 317.5 318.5 292.8 334.1 5.21 8 650 3813 8.5 -4.6 39 13.1 1.9 252 31 318.5 319.4 292.3 332.1 4.17 9 600 4467 2.3 -6.7 51 9.0 -2.0 253 37 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.3 3.85 10 550 5161 -4.6 -7.8 78 3.3 -6.0 249 40 318.6 319.4 292.0 331.2 3.85 11 500 5905 -9.9 -11.0 91 1.2 -10.4 246 40 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.9 3.30 12 450 6710 -15.2 -15.6 97 0.4 -15.3 242 42 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.6 2.52 13 400 7589 -21.6 -21.8 99 0.1 -21.7 249 43 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.7 1.68 14 350 8560 -28.5 -29.8 89 1.2 -28.7 251 40 330.3 330.4 292.7 333.6 0.93 15 300 9644 -37.5 -38.6 90 1.0 -37.7 247 43 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.2 0.45 16 250 10873 -47.1 -50.2 70 3.2 -47.2 241 39 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12327 -53.8 -63.9 28 10.2 -54.0 243 43 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14153 -56.7 -77.0 6 20.3 -57.0 245 29 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16707 -60.2 -84.2 3 24.0 -60.5 244 14 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.89 m Freezing level: 583.35 mb = 4698.45 m = 15414.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4127.12 m = 13540.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.09 mb = 682.26 m = 2238.36 ft T: 25.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 31.98 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1655.74 m = 5432.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -9.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.02 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3364.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.17 mb = 1261.90 m = 4140.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.17 mb = 3533.25 m = 11591.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.17 mb = 13277.75 m = 43561.63 ft B at Equ Level: 3324.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.2 neg: -13.6 tot: 153.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.34 Bulk Rich Number: 39.05 Bulk Shear: 86.15 m/s