MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.44,-95.71 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 971 375 28.3 24.8 81 3.5 25.7 172 6 304.0 307.8 299.8 365.7 20.65 2 950 570 27.9 21.6 69 6.3 23.3 188 12 305.5 308.8 298.2 357.6 17.38 3 900 1048 23.8 19.6 77 4.2 20.8 204 15 306.0 309.1 297.6 354.4 16.13 4 850 1546 20.1 17.5 85 2.6 18.3 215 17 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.3 14.97 5 800 2069 19.6 10.3 55 9.3 13.6 216 19 312.0 313.9 294.9 342.5 9.89 6 750 2623 17.3 -0.0 31 17.4 7.8 218 16 315.4 316.4 292.2 331.6 5.10 7 700 3207 13.0 -5.2 28 18.1 3.9 228 17 316.9 317.6 291.4 328.9 3.72 8 650 3824 8.2 -3.7 43 11.9 2.1 253 19 318.3 319.1 292.4 332.8 4.48 9 600 4478 2.9 -8.7 42 11.5 -2.3 269 21 319.5 320.1 291.8 330.3 3.31 10 550 5175 -3.0 -11.7 51 8.7 -6.5 276 29 320.6 321.1 291.7 330.0 2.84 11 500 5921 -9.3 -16.4 56 7.1 -11.8 278 34 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.8 2.12 12 450 6726 -14.6 -23.8 45 9.2 -17.1 295 28 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.24 13 400 7607 -21.2 -27.6 56 6.5 -22.6 297 28 327.5 327.7 292.0 331.0 0.99 14 350 8579 -27.8 -35.8 46 8.0 -29.0 298 30 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.2 0.51 15 300 9669 -35.4 -48.2 26 12.8 -36.4 314 36 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.2 0.16 16 250 10912 -45.3 -56.2 28 10.9 -45.7 317 36 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.08 17 200 12362 -56.5 -62.5 47 5.9 -56.7 308 31 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14157 -60.8 -74.4 15 13.6 -61.0 277 25 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -59.8 -84.1 3 24.3 -60.1 249 12 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.70 m Freezing level: 575.29 mb = 4822.68 m = 15822.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.09 mb = 4130.10 m = 13550.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.90 % Est. max temperature: 34.20 C = 93.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.36 mb = 821.13 m = 2693.97 ft T: 25.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 36.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.52 mb = 2582.67 m = 8473.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.39 C = 102.90 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -8.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.83 C K Index: 28.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3196.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.42 mb = 1449.72 m = 4756.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.42 mb = 3516.56 m = 11537.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.42 mb = 13583.95 m = 44566.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3176.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.3 neg: -9.2 tot: 85.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 72.12 Bulk Shear: 44.32 m/s