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: 44.51,-95 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 972 313 30.0 23.7 69 6.2 25.3 142 13 305.6 309.2 299.4 363.6 19.33 2 950 513 29.5 22.5 66 7.1 24.3 154 21 307.1 310.6 299.2 362.4 18.32 3 900 994 26.1 20.0 69 6.1 21.6 178 26 308.4 311.5 298.4 358.5 16.53 4 850 1498 24.3 15.2 57 9.2 18.0 207 35 311.6 314.1 296.8 351.1 12.86 5 800 2027 21.4 11.1 52 10.3 14.6 225 38 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.3 10.44 6 750 2583 17.7 7.1 50 10.5 11.1 236 34 315.7 317.4 294.9 342.4 8.49 7 700 3169 13.0 3.6 53 9.4 7.5 247 27 316.9 318.2 294.1 339.3 7.09 8 650 3787 7.3 1.4 66 5.9 3.9 246 26 317.2 318.5 293.8 337.9 6.51 9 600 4439 1.4 -0.6 87 2.0 0.3 239 29 317.7 318.9 293.6 337.2 6.11 10 550 5134 -3.2 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.4 237 34 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.5 5.32 11 500 5883 -7.2 -7.7 96 0.5 -7.5 238 38 324.2 325.1 293.9 338.4 4.28 12 450 6695 -11.8 -12.4 95 0.6 -12.1 240 40 328.3 329.0 294.2 339.5 3.27 13 400 7585 -17.5 -17.7 98 0.2 -17.6 241 40 332.2 332.7 294.4 340.5 2.37 14 350 8566 -24.9 -24.9 100 0.0 -24.9 244 39 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.5 1.45 15 300 9664 -33.8 -33.9 99 0.1 -33.8 249 33 337.7 337.8 294.4 340.4 0.72 16 250 10910 -45.1 -45.2 99 0.1 -45.2 257 26 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12348 -59.4 -59.5 99 0.1 -59.5 266 26 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 18 150 14145 -57.3 -77.4 6 20.1 -57.6 267 43 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16679 -62.0 -83.7 4 21.6 -62.2 261 10 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.07 m Freezing level: 585.08 mb = 4646.70 m = 15244.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4494.95 m = 14747.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.06 % Est. max temperature: 37.22 C = 99.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.03 mb = 1112.21 m = 3648.93 ft T: 25.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 26.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.51 mb = 2588.93 m = 8493.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.03 C = 104.05 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -7.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3504.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.79 mb = 1645.01 m = 5396.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.79 mb = 3159.57 m = 10365.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.79 mb = 13711.45 m = 44984.53 ft B at Equ Level: 3465.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 392.8 neg: -1.4 tot: 391.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.42 Bulk Rich Number: 27.40 Bulk Shear: 127.88 m/s