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: 45.86,-93.98 Latitude: 45.86 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 971 363 26.2 23.3 84 2.9 24.0 183 12 301.9 305.4 298.2 357.6 18.83 2 950 553 24.7 22.1 86 2.6 22.8 186 21 302.2 305.5 297.7 355.2 17.91 3 900 1027 22.1 20.0 88 2.0 20.6 211 23 304.2 307.3 297.4 353.8 16.62 4 850 1523 19.1 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 235 20 306.1 308.9 296.7 350.5 14.80 5 800 2043 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.5 245 22 309.3 311.1 294.0 338.7 9.66 6 750 2593 15.2 -2.7 29 17.9 5.9 249 24 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.18 7 700 3172 10.8 -4.9 33 15.7 3.1 253 28 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.6 3.80 8 650 3784 6.2 -8.1 35 14.3 -0.3 252 33 316.0 316.6 290.7 326.4 3.20 9 600 4434 1.5 -9.7 43 11.3 -3.4 248 39 317.9 318.5 291.1 327.8 3.04 10 550 5128 -4.0 -11.0 58 7.0 -6.9 244 48 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.2 2.99 11 500 5871 -10.0 -13.9 73 3.8 -11.5 248 48 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.5 2.62 12 450 6676 -15.4 -19.3 72 3.9 -16.6 250 37 323.9 324.3 291.8 330.3 1.85 13 400 7555 -21.1 -26.8 60 5.7 -22.4 250 34 327.5 327.8 292.1 331.4 1.07 14 350 8526 -28.6 -30.3 85 1.7 -28.9 250 39 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.4 0.88 15 300 9610 -37.4 -37.5 99 0.1 -37.4 253 39 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.5 0.50 16 250 10841 -47.7 -48.8 88 1.1 -47.7 237 37 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.18 17 200 12293 -52.4 -63.9 24 11.4 -52.7 247 31 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14130 -57.1 -76.8 7 19.7 -57.3 228 30 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16698 -59.2 -84.6 2 25.4 -59.5 213 7 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.17 m Freezing level: 586.37 mb = 4623.42 m = 15168.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.09 mb = 3732.33 m = 12245.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.56 mb = 734.22 m = 2408.82 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 31.21 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1388.36 m = 4554.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -8.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 27.35 C K Index: 30.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3016.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.30 mb = 1120.83 m = 3677.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.30 mb = 2990.27 m = 9810.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.30 mb = 12780.43 m = 41930.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3001.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 148.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.51 Bulk Rich Number: 34.60 Bulk Shear: 87.20 m/s