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: 44.71,-94.61 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 972 323 29.7 25.3 77 4.4 26.3 176 17 305.3 309.3 300.4 369.3 21.29 2 950 525 27.3 22.8 77 4.5 24.0 179 28 304.9 308.4 298.9 360.9 18.73 3 900 1002 22.8 20.9 89 1.9 21.5 185 34 305.0 308.2 298.2 357.5 17.57 4 850 1500 24.4 12.0 46 12.5 16.1 210 44 311.7 313.7 295.2 343.7 10.39 5 800 2033 24.4 7.2 33 17.2 13.6 218 42 317.1 318.7 294.9 342.4 8.01 6 750 2594 20.7 3.8 33 16.9 10.5 224 32 319.0 320.3 294.4 340.5 6.72 7 700 3184 15.7 -2.0 30 17.7 6.1 218 24 319.9 320.8 293.1 335.2 4.71 8 650 3807 11.2 -10.7 20 21.9 1.2 224 19 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.3 2.60 9 600 4467 5.1 -12.0 28 17.1 -2.3 241 21 322.0 322.5 291.9 330.6 2.54 10 550 5169 -1.5 -10.3 51 8.8 -5.3 255 23 322.3 322.9 292.5 332.8 3.17 11 500 5918 -8.4 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.8 271 21 322.8 323.4 292.5 333.0 3.05 12 450 6725 -14.9 -16.5 87 1.6 -15.4 279 26 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.34 13 400 7606 -20.4 -36.4 23 16.0 -23.1 280 28 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.43 14 350 8582 -27.3 -42.4 22 15.1 -29.2 274 23 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.26 15 300 9671 -36.1 -41.2 60 5.0 -36.7 285 21 334.5 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.35 16 250 10908 -46.9 -50.4 67 3.5 -47.0 289 19 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12348 -58.1 -61.0 70 2.8 -58.2 313 25 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 14131 -60.4 -74.6 14 14.2 -60.6 261 23 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16662 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 259 11 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.88 m Freezing level: 561.39 mb = 5009.04 m = 16433.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.49 mb = 4032.46 m = 13229.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.15 % Est. max temperature: 39.01 C = 102.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.38 mb = 881.18 m = 2890.99 ft T: 23.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 39.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.09 mb = 2977.81 m = 9769.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.85 C = 110.94 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 27.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3615.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 378.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.72 mb = 1280.27 m = 4200.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.72 mb = 4108.00 m = 13477.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.72 mb = 13859.53 m = 45470.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3577.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.0 neg: -43.1 tot: 279.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.30 Bulk Rich Number: 66.18 Bulk Shear: 54.64 m/s