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: 44.59,-93.41 Latitude: 44.59 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 75 SFC 974 310 28.2 24.1 78 4.1 25.2 173 19 303.7 307.3 299.2 362.5 19.74 2 950 528 26.9 22.8 79 4.0 23.9 178 33 304.5 307.9 298.8 360.4 18.74 3 900 1005 23.6 20.2 81 3.5 21.2 190 43 305.9 309.0 298.0 356.2 16.77 4 850 1507 25.1 12.1 44 13.0 16.4 217 45 312.5 314.5 295.5 344.8 10.49 5 800 2038 23.5 5.7 32 17.8 12.6 231 40 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.8 7.18 6 750 2597 19.9 2.4 31 17.5 9.7 240 35 318.2 319.4 293.7 337.7 6.09 7 700 3186 15.4 0.9 37 14.4 7.1 243 27 319.5 320.6 293.9 338.3 5.85 8 650 3808 9.9 -5.0 34 14.9 2.4 226 20 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.5 4.06 9 600 4467 4.9 -14.2 24 19.1 -2.9 229 14 321.8 322.2 291.4 329.0 2.12 10 550 5168 -1.6 -14.5 37 12.9 -6.7 242 12 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.25 11 500 5917 -8.6 -12.4 74 3.9 -10.1 276 11 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.5 2.95 12 450 6724 -14.6 -17.3 79 2.8 -15.5 302 19 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.4 2.18 13 400 7607 -19.7 -38.6 17 18.8 -22.8 292 20 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 14 350 8582 -27.3 -41.3 25 14.0 -29.1 279 20 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.29 15 300 9672 -36.2 -40.8 62 4.6 -36.7 284 19 334.4 334.4 293.3 335.7 0.36 16 250 10908 -46.7 -50.6 64 3.9 -46.9 291 22 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.15 17 200 12349 -58.4 -60.3 79 1.8 -58.5 330 17 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 18 150 14138 -59.7 -75.2 12 15.5 -59.9 270 21 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16669 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.1 248 11 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.20 m Freezing level: 562.28 mb = 4995.49 m = 16389.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.29 mb = 4100.79 m = 13453.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.07 % Est. max temperature: 38.85 C = 101.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.44 mb = 835.59 m = 2741.40 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 24.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.04 mb = 2956.98 m = 9701.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.44 C = 110.20 F Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lifted Index: -8.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3412.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 365.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.57 mb = 1337.16 m = 4386.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.57 mb = 3915.47 m = 12845.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.57 mb = 13675.82 m = 44867.64 ft B at Equ Level: 3382.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 468.5 neg: -9.4 tot: 459.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.76 Bulk Rich Number: 49.59 Bulk Shear: 68.81 m/s