MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.37,-93.41 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -93.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 972 325 27.8 24.1 81 3.6 25.0 173 19 303.3 307.0 299.1 362.2 19.79 2 950 531 26.7 22.8 79 3.9 23.8 178 34 304.3 307.8 298.7 360.1 18.70 3 900 1008 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.1 190 44 306.0 309.1 297.8 355.6 16.53 4 850 1510 25.0 12.1 45 12.9 16.4 217 44 312.3 314.3 295.4 344.7 10.50 5 800 2040 23.3 6.1 33 17.2 12.7 230 40 316.0 317.5 294.1 339.4 7.41 6 750 2599 19.6 2.8 33 16.8 9.7 239 36 317.9 319.1 293.8 337.8 6.27 7 700 3188 15.2 1.3 39 13.9 7.2 244 28 319.3 320.4 294.0 338.5 6.00 8 650 3810 9.9 -4.4 36 14.3 2.6 229 20 320.2 321.0 292.8 334.1 4.26 9 600 4468 4.8 -13.5 25 18.3 -2.8 223 14 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.2 2.24 10 550 5169 -1.6 -16.0 32 14.4 -7.0 234 11 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.0 1.99 11 500 5918 -8.5 -13.0 70 4.5 -10.2 269 9 322.7 323.2 292.3 332.1 2.82 12 450 6726 -14.4 -17.8 75 3.4 -15.5 307 18 325.2 325.6 292.3 332.4 2.10 13 400 7609 -19.8 -32.2 32 12.4 -22.3 292 20 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.5 0.64 14 350 8585 -27.3 -42.4 22 15.1 -29.2 281 19 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.26 15 300 9674 -36.2 -40.7 63 4.5 -36.6 282 19 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.37 16 250 10910 -46.9 -49.7 73 2.8 -47.0 286 22 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 17 200 12350 -58.4 -60.3 78 1.9 -58.5 333 17 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 18 150 14140 -59.7 -75.2 12 15.5 -59.9 272 22 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16670 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.3 248 11 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.15 m Freezing level: 562.20 mb = 4998.03 m = 16397.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.90 mb = 4120.61 m = 13518.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.96 % Est. max temperature: 38.68 C = 101.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.77 mb = 787.43 m = 2583.41 ft T: 25.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.21 mb = 2945.13 m = 9662.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.01 C = 109.41 F Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3312.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 361.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.97 mb = 1366.49 m = 4483.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.97 mb = 3950.64 m = 12961.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.97 mb = 13779.06 m = 45206.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3260.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.5 neg: -5.6 tot: 455.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.27 Bulk Rich Number: 50.20 Bulk Shear: 65.99 m/s