MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.66,-93.1 Latitude: 44.66 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 984 294 21.4 20.0 92 1.4 20.4 168 12 295.8 298.6 294.1 339.2 15.09 2 950 600 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 176 27 297.1 299.6 293.4 336.5 13.61 3 900 1068 20.2 15.4 74 4.8 17.0 199 32 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.6 12.29 4 850 1561 18.1 12.4 69 5.8 14.4 206 26 305.2 307.1 293.6 337.2 10.70 5 800 2078 15.4 9.5 68 6.0 11.7 211 22 307.6 309.4 293.3 335.9 9.34 6 750 2623 11.7 8.1 79 3.6 9.5 224 22 309.2 311.0 293.6 337.0 9.08 7 700 3197 7.7 6.1 89 1.6 6.7 236 24 311.0 312.6 293.6 337.0 8.44 8 650 3805 3.9 2.1 88 1.8 2.9 250 25 313.3 314.6 293.0 334.8 6.85 9 600 4452 0.2 -4.3 72 4.5 -2.0 266 24 316.3 317.2 292.0 331.1 4.63 10 550 5144 -3.9 -9.3 66 5.4 -6.2 281 21 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.7 3.43 11 500 5890 -8.3 -14.3 62 6.0 -10.6 299 20 322.9 323.4 292.1 331.4 2.53 12 450 6699 -14.0 -18.2 70 4.2 -15.3 305 25 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.6 2.03 13 400 7583 -20.2 -22.3 83 2.1 -20.7 300 28 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.60 14 350 8559 -27.1 -27.7 94 0.6 -27.2 291 24 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.2 1.12 15 300 9650 -35.6 -35.7 100 0.0 -35.6 271 21 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.5 0.61 16 250 10890 -46.3 -46.3 100 -0.0 -46.3 257 25 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12331 -57.5 -58.1 93 0.6 -57.6 252 44 341.6 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.07 18 150 14154 -59.4 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.6 297 8 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16690 -59.3 -84.7 2 25.4 -59.6 233 10 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.21 m Freezing level: 597.98 mb = 4479.61 m = 14696.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.63 mb = 4178.42 m = 13708.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.78 mb = 466.67 m = 1531.05 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 6.24 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2223.82 m = 7295.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.79 mb = 1137.45 m = 3731.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.79 mb = 3832.37 m = 12573.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.79 mb = 10422.76 m = 34194.98 ft B at Equ Level: 199.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.79 mb = 12729.79 m = 41763.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.8 neg: -12.9 tot: 216.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 77.09 m/s