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: 45,-93.86 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -93.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 981 299 25.5 23.5 89 2.0 24.0 177 8 300.3 303.7 297.8 355.8 18.92 2 950 580 24.5 21.7 84 2.8 22.5 194 18 302.1 305.3 297.4 353.7 17.47 3 900 1054 21.8 19.8 88 2.0 20.4 222 19 303.9 307.0 297.2 352.5 16.32 4 850 1549 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 234 21 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.2 14.95 5 800 2068 17.0 10.3 64 6.7 12.7 248 19 309.3 311.1 294.1 339.4 9.87 6 750 2619 16.5 -8.9 17 25.5 4.6 271 20 314.5 315.0 289.6 322.9 2.59 7 700 3201 12.7 -8.6 22 21.3 2.8 291 23 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.8 2.85 8 650 3817 7.7 -6.6 35 14.3 0.8 295 28 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.4 3.58 9 600 4470 1.8 -5.2 60 7.0 -1.6 290 31 318.2 319.1 292.3 332.2 4.32 10 550 5165 -3.5 -10.6 58 7.2 -6.5 293 37 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.2 3.09 11 500 5909 -10.0 -14.5 70 4.5 -11.6 293 41 320.9 321.3 291.5 329.2 2.49 12 450 6712 -15.7 -24.2 48 8.5 -17.9 297 29 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.20 13 400 7592 -20.5 -32.6 33 12.1 -22.9 295 32 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.62 14 350 8567 -27.2 -40.5 27 13.3 -28.9 303 31 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.32 15 300 9657 -35.9 -47.3 30 11.4 -36.9 294 23 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.18 16 250 10896 -46.3 -53.6 43 7.3 -46.6 271 23 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12339 -56.9 -61.4 57 4.5 -57.1 268 32 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14153 -57.8 -76.7 7 18.9 -58.0 265 24 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16695 -59.6 -84.2 3 24.6 -59.9 240 9 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.09 m Freezing level: 582.78 mb = 4709.20 m = 15449.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.93 mb = 4034.10 m = 13235.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.72 mb = 545.91 m = 1791.04 ft T: 24.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 32.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1311.49 m = 4302.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 24.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2799.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.80 mb = 1055.79 m = 3463.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.80 mb = 1601.68 m = 5254.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.80 mb = 1703.68 m = 5589.42 ft B at Equ Level: 13.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 774.80 mb = 2341.47 m = 7681.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.1 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 308.1 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 24.99 Bulk Shear: 112.04 m/s