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: 44.46,-95.08 Latitude: 44.46 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 971 322 30.0 23.5 68 6.6 25.2 145 13 305.8 309.3 299.3 363.0 19.06 2 950 512 29.6 22.3 65 7.3 24.2 156 22 307.2 310.6 299.1 361.9 18.11 3 900 994 26.2 19.9 69 6.2 21.6 178 28 308.5 311.6 298.4 358.5 16.50 4 850 1497 24.4 15.3 57 9.0 18.1 206 36 311.7 314.1 297.0 351.5 12.99 5 800 2027 21.4 11.2 52 10.2 14.7 223 40 314.0 316.0 295.9 346.7 10.53 6 750 2583 17.9 7.0 49 10.9 11.1 235 37 316.0 317.7 294.9 342.5 8.41 7 700 3170 13.6 3.0 49 10.6 7.4 247 28 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.1 6.79 8 650 3788 8.0 0.8 61 7.2 3.9 245 26 318.0 319.2 293.8 337.9 6.25 9 600 4442 2.0 -1.1 80 3.1 0.3 239 29 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.2 5.89 10 550 5138 -3.1 -3.9 94 0.8 -3.6 236 34 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.2 5.20 11 500 5887 -7.4 -8.0 96 0.6 -7.7 238 36 324.0 324.8 293.8 337.9 4.20 12 450 6699 -12.2 -12.8 96 0.6 -12.4 241 38 327.9 328.6 294.0 338.7 3.19 13 400 7588 -18.0 -18.2 98 0.2 -18.1 243 38 331.5 332.0 294.2 339.5 2.27 14 350 8568 -25.4 -26.0 94 0.6 -25.5 245 36 334.6 334.8 294.1 339.3 1.31 15 300 9664 -34.3 -35.6 88 1.3 -34.5 251 32 337.0 337.2 294.1 339.4 0.61 16 250 10909 -45.4 -46.4 90 0.9 -45.5 259 27 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.24 17 200 12347 -59.0 -59.3 97 0.3 -59.0 268 27 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.06 18 150 14146 -57.4 -77.5 6 20.1 -57.6 266 43 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16680 -61.9 -83.7 4 21.7 -62.1 258 10 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.50 m Freezing level: 580.70 mb = 4711.06 m = 15456.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.96 mb = 4496.46 m = 14752.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.57 % Est. max temperature: 37.22 C = 98.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.77 mb = 1163.96 m = 3818.71 ft T: 25.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 25.81 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2663.24 m = 8737.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.42 C = 104.75 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3478.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.63 mb = 1677.59 m = 5503.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.63 mb = 3318.52 m = 10887.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.63 mb = 13835.63 m = 45391.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3412.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 424.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 423.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.94 Bulk Rich Number: 27.28 Bulk Shear: 127.52 m/s