MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.14,-93.12 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 971 357 29.0 24.8 78 4.2 25.8 178 18 304.7 308.5 299.9 366.6 20.65 2 950 549 26.7 22.4 78 4.2 23.6 180 30 304.3 307.7 298.5 358.8 18.29 3 900 1025 22.4 20.0 86 2.5 20.7 185 37 304.6 307.7 297.5 354.0 16.53 4 850 1525 24.8 10.3 40 14.4 15.4 209 41 312.1 313.9 294.5 340.9 9.31 5 800 2054 22.0 8.9 43 13.2 13.6 215 37 314.6 316.4 295.0 342.6 8.95 6 750 2611 18.6 3.0 35 15.6 9.5 226 32 316.7 317.9 293.5 336.8 6.34 7 700 3199 14.3 1.7 42 12.6 7.1 241 24 318.4 319.6 293.9 338.2 6.20 8 650 3819 9.8 -3.9 38 13.6 2.7 250 16 320.0 320.9 292.9 334.4 4.42 9 600 4477 4.5 -11.0 31 15.5 -2.3 263 16 321.3 321.8 291.8 330.5 2.75 10 550 5177 -2.0 -15.5 35 13.5 -7.1 266 17 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.7 2.08 11 500 5925 -8.7 -18.8 44 10.1 -12.1 269 18 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.3 1.73 12 450 6731 -14.8 -23.6 47 8.7 -17.2 292 21 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.0 1.27 13 400 7612 -20.6 -37.7 20 17.1 -23.4 288 24 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.37 14 350 8586 -27.8 -43.8 20 16.0 -29.7 286 26 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 15 300 9674 -36.5 -48.1 29 11.6 -37.4 314 20 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.16 16 250 10908 -47.1 -53.4 48 6.4 -47.3 308 23 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12349 -57.7 -60.7 69 3.0 -57.8 302 25 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14142 -60.7 -73.9 16 13.3 -60.9 263 20 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16668 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 240 11 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.25 m Freezing level: 565.41 mb = 4961.43 m = 16277.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.90 mb = 4169.21 m = 13678.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.95 % Est. max temperature: 37.78 C = 100.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.05 mb = 888.50 m = 2914.99 ft T: 23.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.76 mb = 2832.50 m = 9292.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.53 C = 106.76 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3156.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 318.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.17 mb = 1360.12 m = 4462.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.17 mb = 4060.83 m = 13322.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.17 mb = 13694.48 m = 44928.85 ft B at Equ Level: 3115.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 303.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.75 Bulk Rich Number: 49.10 Bulk Shear: 64.30 m/s