MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.78,-93.19 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 975 293 27.6 22.3 73 5.3 23.7 183 18 302.9 306.2 297.7 355.1 17.61 2 950 521 26.3 21.7 76 4.6 22.9 187 36 303.8 307.1 297.8 355.7 17.42 3 900 999 26.5 17.5 58 8.9 20.2 208 46 308.8 311.4 297.0 351.7 14.15 4 850 1504 25.8 11.5 41 14.4 16.3 225 37 313.2 315.1 295.3 344.3 10.05 5 800 2034 22.4 7.7 39 14.7 13.1 235 33 315.0 316.6 294.5 340.8 8.25 6 750 2591 18.0 4.7 41 13.3 10.0 242 29 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.8 7.17 7 700 3177 13.6 1.5 44 12.1 6.7 246 28 317.5 318.7 293.6 336.9 6.10 8 650 3796 8.7 -1.3 49 10.0 3.3 244 31 318.8 319.8 293.3 336.0 5.34 9 600 4452 3.1 -3.7 61 6.8 -0.3 249 31 319.7 320.7 293.2 335.5 4.86 10 550 5150 -2.8 -6.5 76 3.7 -4.6 253 27 320.8 321.6 293.0 334.7 4.28 11 500 5898 -8.2 -10.1 86 1.9 -9.0 257 27 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.9 3.56 12 450 6708 -13.9 -14.6 95 0.7 -14.2 263 28 325.8 326.3 293.1 335.1 2.75 13 400 7592 -20.0 -20.5 96 0.5 -20.2 258 26 329.0 329.3 293.2 335.5 1.87 14 350 8568 -27.2 -27.5 98 0.3 -27.3 251 28 332.0 332.2 293.3 336.1 1.14 15 300 9658 -35.9 -36.3 96 0.4 -36.0 251 25 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.57 16 250 10897 -46.3 -46.4 98 0.2 -46.3 246 27 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12338 -56.2 -59.9 63 3.7 -56.3 273 29 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14159 -58.7 -77.2 8 18.4 -58.9 274 24 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16670 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 230 16 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.91 m Freezing level: 573.57 mb = 4820.70 m = 15815.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.57 mb = 4389.61 m = 14401.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.64 % Est. max temperature: 38.66 C = 101.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.72 mb = 972.00 m = 3188.93 ft T: 26.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 20.91 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.70 mb = 2929.28 m = 9610.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.49 C = 106.68 F Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2521.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 362.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.65 mb = 1684.07 m = 5525.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.65 mb = 3825.48 m = 12550.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.65 mb = 13087.70 m = 42938.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2509.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 364.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.71 Bulk Rich Number: 29.44 Bulk Shear: 85.64 m/s