MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.44,-95.24 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 969 332 30.3 22.8 64 7.5 24.7 151 13 306.1 309.6 299.0 361.3 18.35 2 950 511 29.9 21.7 61 8.2 23.9 159 23 307.5 310.8 298.7 360.2 17.44 3 900 992 26.5 19.6 66 6.9 21.5 178 30 308.8 311.8 298.2 357.7 16.11 4 850 1496 24.5 15.6 58 8.9 18.3 205 36 311.8 314.3 297.1 352.3 13.20 5 800 2026 21.5 11.4 52 10.1 14.8 220 44 314.1 316.1 296.0 347.1 10.63 6 750 2582 18.2 6.8 47 11.5 11.1 234 40 316.4 318.0 294.9 342.5 8.29 7 700 3170 14.4 2.0 43 12.4 7.2 246 31 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.6 6.31 8 650 3790 8.9 -0.1 53 9.0 3.9 243 27 319.0 320.2 293.7 337.7 5.83 9 600 4446 2.8 -2.0 70 4.8 0.3 237 29 319.4 320.5 293.6 337.1 5.51 10 550 5144 -2.9 -4.5 89 1.6 -3.7 234 34 320.7 321.6 293.6 336.9 5.00 11 500 5892 -7.7 -8.4 94 0.8 -8.0 240 35 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.1 4.05 12 450 6704 -12.8 -13.4 95 0.6 -13.0 244 36 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.5 3.03 13 400 7591 -18.8 -19.0 99 0.2 -18.9 247 34 330.5 330.9 293.8 337.9 2.13 14 350 8569 -26.1 -27.6 87 1.5 -26.4 245 34 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.7 1.13 15 300 9663 -35.1 -38.3 72 3.3 -35.4 254 32 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.47 16 250 10905 -45.9 -48.7 73 2.8 -46.1 261 28 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.18 17 200 12344 -58.4 -58.8 95 0.4 -58.5 271 29 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 18 150 14146 -57.4 -77.5 6 20.1 -57.6 265 44 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16680 -61.8 -83.7 4 21.9 -62.0 253 9 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.35 m Freezing level: 575.24 mb = 4791.44 m = 15719.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.08 mb = 4498.65 m = 14759.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.50 % Est. max temperature: 37.24 C = 99.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.48 mb = 1286.23 m = 4219.85 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2841.26 m = 9321.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.32 C = 106.38 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -7.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 516.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3345.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.64 mb = 1781.92 m = 5846.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.64 mb = 3565.98 m = 11699.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.64 mb = 13449.58 m = 44125.37 ft B at Equ Level: 3336.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 462.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 460.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.19 Bulk Rich Number: 26.75 Bulk Shear: 125.07 m/s