MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.03,-93.33 Latitude: 45.03 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 976 286 27.2 22.4 75 4.9 23.7 175 13 302.4 305.7 297.7 354.8 17.69 2 950 525 25.9 21.8 78 4.1 22.9 180 28 303.4 306.7 297.8 355.5 17.54 3 900 1000 23.1 19.8 82 3.3 20.7 193 40 305.3 308.3 297.5 354.2 16.36 4 850 1501 23.4 14.7 58 8.7 17.5 217 46 310.7 313.0 296.4 348.9 12.49 5 800 2030 22.9 8.1 39 14.8 13.5 234 42 315.6 317.2 294.8 342.3 8.52 6 750 2589 20.5 0.7 27 19.9 9.2 236 35 318.9 319.9 293.3 336.1 5.36 7 700 3180 15.9 -2.9 27 18.9 5.9 228 28 320.1 321.0 292.9 334.5 4.40 8 650 3803 10.8 -5.8 31 16.6 2.5 225 22 321.1 321.9 292.7 333.7 3.81 9 600 4463 4.7 -6.3 45 11.0 -0.7 237 23 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.6 3.98 10 550 5164 -1.8 -7.7 64 5.9 -4.5 236 18 322.0 322.7 293.0 334.8 3.89 11 500 5913 -8.5 -10.5 86 2.0 -9.4 238 17 322.6 323.3 292.8 334.1 3.44 12 450 6720 -15.1 -16.7 87 1.7 -15.6 273 22 324.3 324.7 292.3 332.1 2.30 13 400 7601 -20.1 -35.6 24 15.5 -22.8 279 18 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.46 14 350 8577 -27.1 -35.6 44 8.5 -28.5 281 17 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.2 0.53 15 300 9668 -35.8 -41.1 58 5.3 -36.3 284 15 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.3 0.35 16 250 10907 -46.0 -49.8 66 3.7 -46.2 313 17 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.16 17 200 12352 -57.5 -61.5 60 4.0 -57.5 338 20 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14137 -61.1 -72.4 21 11.4 -61.2 293 13 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16671 -61.4 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.6 263 12 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.56 m Freezing level: 563.75 mb = 4970.97 m = 16308.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.43 mb = 4320.64 m = 14175.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.30 % Est. max temperature: 37.65 C = 99.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.94 mb = 903.65 m = 2964.71 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 21.87 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.03 mb = 3142.86 m = 10311.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.72 C = 112.49 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Showalter Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2796.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 437.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.98 mb = 1277.08 m = 4189.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.98 mb = 4232.69 m = 13886.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.98 mb = 13471.32 m = 44196.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2777.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.6 neg: -36.4 tot: 404.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.70 Bulk Rich Number: 55.43 Bulk Shear: 50.45 m/s