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: 44.64,-93.98 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 982 292 25.7 23.6 88 2.1 24.2 177 11 300.4 303.9 297.9 356.1 18.95 2 950 581 24.2 21.6 86 2.6 22.3 186 21 301.8 305.0 297.3 353.1 17.40 3 900 1055 21.8 20.0 89 1.8 20.5 221 20 304.0 307.0 297.3 353.2 16.54 4 850 1550 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 239 23 305.7 308.5 296.8 350.8 15.03 5 800 2070 17.6 12.0 70 5.6 13.9 249 22 309.9 312.0 295.2 343.8 11.08 6 750 2623 17.1 -6.2 20 23.3 5.6 265 20 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.6 3.21 7 700 3206 12.8 -4.4 30 17.2 4.1 288 21 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.4 3.95 8 650 3822 7.6 -3.0 47 10.6 2.1 290 24 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.6 4.70 9 600 4475 2.0 -5.3 58 7.3 -1.6 289 26 318.4 319.3 292.3 332.3 4.29 10 550 5171 -3.3 -11.4 54 8.1 -6.6 296 34 320.2 320.8 291.7 329.9 2.92 11 500 5916 -9.9 -14.4 70 4.4 -11.6 296 38 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.3 2.51 12 450 6719 -15.5 -24.2 47 8.7 -17.8 304 26 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.0 1.20 13 400 7598 -20.9 -30.7 41 9.8 -22.9 296 31 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.5 0.74 14 350 8572 -27.1 -40.8 26 13.8 -28.9 302 31 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.5 0.31 15 300 9664 -35.8 -46.8 31 11.1 -36.7 295 24 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.19 16 250 10902 -46.5 -52.5 50 6.1 -46.7 276 21 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12343 -57.3 -60.8 64 3.5 -57.4 271 32 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14159 -57.5 -76.8 7 19.3 -57.8 251 20 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16697 -59.5 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.8 232 8 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.50 m Freezing level: 581.04 mb = 4738.84 m = 15547.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.16 mb = 4192.37 m = 13754.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.19 mb = 560.96 m = 1840.40 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 27.64 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1326.02 m = 4350.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -8.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -7.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 27.48 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2826.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.45 mb = 1030.90 m = 3382.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.45 mb = 3601.87 m = 11817.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.45 mb = 13098.35 m = 42973.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2820.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.49 Bulk Rich Number: 23.01 Bulk Shear: 122.86 m/s