MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.05,-93.1 Latitude: 45.05 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 100 SFC 980 282 31.0 20.9 55 10.1 23.7 179 14 306.0 309.0 297.5 354.3 16.12 2 950 555 26.8 19.6 65 7.2 21.6 183 26 304.3 307.2 296.6 349.8 15.25 3 900 1030 22.5 18.3 77 4.2 19.6 189 27 304.7 307.5 296.4 349.1 14.90 4 850 1527 22.0 13.5 58 8.5 16.3 205 35 309.2 311.4 295.3 344.2 11.51 5 800 2053 20.3 10.5 53 9.8 13.9 214 35 312.8 314.7 295.2 343.7 9.99 6 750 2608 17.2 8.6 57 8.5 11.7 221 31 315.2 317.0 295.4 344.7 9.43 7 700 3193 12.9 5.3 60 7.6 8.3 229 28 316.8 318.3 294.8 342.0 7.99 8 650 3811 9.2 -7.8 29 17.1 1.1 249 20 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.1 3.26 9 600 4468 3.8 -13.6 27 17.4 -3.3 261 23 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.9 2.22 10 550 5166 -2.6 -14.3 40 11.7 -7.1 259 27 321.0 321.5 291.3 328.7 2.30 11 500 5912 -9.2 -18.2 48 8.9 -12.2 259 22 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.0 1.83 12 450 6719 -14.4 -27.6 32 13.2 -17.6 269 20 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.3 0.88 13 400 7601 -20.5 -35.3 25 14.8 -23.1 265 24 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.48 14 350 8574 -28.1 -36.0 46 8.0 -29.3 265 21 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.8 0.50 15 300 9660 -36.7 -49.9 24 13.2 -37.7 274 26 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 16 250 10893 -47.2 -54.3 44 7.1 -47.5 260 21 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 17 200 12336 -56.6 -63.0 44 6.4 -56.8 260 25 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14129 -60.9 -74.7 14 13.9 -61.0 264 18 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16661 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.4 232 15 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.64 m Freezing level: 570.38 mb = 4881.36 m = 16014.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.28 mb = 3973.52 m = 13036.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.66 C = 96.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.01 mb = 1557.59 m = 5110.13 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.72 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.68 mb = 2887.22 m = 9472.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.97 C = 105.75 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2160.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 308.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.33 mb = 1564.58 m = 5133.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.33 mb = 4314.46 m = 14154.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.33 mb = 12946.92 m = 42476.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2151.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 41.98 Bulk Shear: 51.45 m/s