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: 45.00,-93.52 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 982 288 25.8 22.5 82 3.3 23.4 187 9 300.5 303.7 297.2 352.6 17.74 2 950 583 23.7 21.3 86 2.4 22.0 192 21 301.3 304.4 297.0 351.4 17.03 3 900 1055 20.9 20.4 97 0.5 20.5 222 21 303.0 306.1 297.3 353.3 16.96 4 850 1550 18.9 17.2 90 1.7 17.7 243 22 305.9 308.6 296.6 349.9 14.67 5 800 2069 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 249 21 307.8 310.1 295.5 344.9 12.28 6 750 2619 16.5 -9.2 16 25.7 4.6 272 22 314.4 314.9 289.6 322.7 2.54 7 700 3201 12.8 -9.5 20 22.2 2.6 294 24 316.6 317.1 290.4 325.4 2.67 8 650 3817 7.8 -7.5 33 15.3 0.6 302 29 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.8 3.35 9 600 4470 1.9 -6.0 56 7.9 -1.9 293 32 318.3 319.1 292.1 331.5 4.08 10 550 5165 -3.4 -11.0 56 7.6 -6.6 295 38 320.0 320.6 291.7 329.9 3.00 11 500 5909 -10.0 -16.2 60 6.2 -12.2 297 40 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.0 2.15 12 450 6712 -15.5 -24.4 47 8.8 -17.9 293 30 323.7 323.9 291.1 327.8 1.18 13 400 7593 -20.5 -32.5 33 12.0 -22.8 297 29 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.62 14 350 8567 -27.5 -39.8 30 12.4 -29.1 299 29 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 15 300 9657 -36.0 -45.7 36 9.7 -36.8 284 24 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 16 250 10895 -46.3 -52.8 48 6.5 -46.6 264 25 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.11 17 200 12339 -56.7 -61.6 54 4.9 -56.8 275 32 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14154 -57.3 -77.0 7 19.7 -57.6 258 24 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16695 -59.5 -84.5 3 24.9 -59.9 239 9 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.16 m Freezing level: 582.22 mb = 4716.93 m = 15475.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.69 mb = 3972.95 m = 13034.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.53 mb = 707.64 m = 2321.63 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 30.57 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1237.17 m = 4058.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 27.24 C K Index: 23.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2588.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.07 mb = 977.02 m = 3205.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.07 mb = 1930.13 m = 6332.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.07 mb = 2251.16 m = 7385.59 ft B at Equ Level: 10.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 763.07 mb = 2471.62 m = 8108.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.4 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 310.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 19.46 Bulk Shear: 133.03 m/s