MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.01,-94.55 Latitude: 44.01 Longitude: -94.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 975 325 18.0 16.1 89 1.9 16.7 54 9 293.2 295.3 290.9 327.0 11.86 2 950 548 17.6 12.6 73 5.0 14.4 58 19 295.0 296.7 289.6 322.9 9.68 3 900 1010 16.9 9.7 63 7.2 12.5 57 21 298.9 300.4 289.9 323.6 8.41 4 850 1496 15.2 9.2 68 6.0 11.6 39 16 302.1 303.6 291.0 327.7 8.63 5 800 2009 14.2 7.3 63 6.9 10.0 338 6 306.3 307.7 291.9 330.5 8.02 6 750 2554 12.8 4.2 56 8.5 7.8 277 15 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.9 6.93 7 700 3131 10.7 2.1 55 8.6 5.8 290 40 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.3 6.36 8 650 3745 6.7 -0.4 60 7.1 2.9 276 47 316.6 317.7 293.0 334.8 5.73 9 600 4398 2.3 -3.8 64 6.1 -0.7 259 57 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.4 4.83 10 550 5095 -3.1 -8.2 68 5.1 -5.4 264 63 320.4 321.1 292.4 332.7 3.75 11 500 5843 -7.3 -12.1 68 4.9 -9.2 261 66 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.3 3.02 12 450 6657 -12.6 -15.9 77 3.3 -13.8 262 66 327.4 327.9 293.3 335.8 2.46 13 400 7546 -18.5 -19.7 90 1.3 -18.8 268 51 331.0 331.4 293.8 338.0 2.00 14 350 8530 -24.7 -26.0 89 1.3 -25.1 263 44 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.2 1.31 15 300 9634 -32.5 -33.0 95 0.5 -32.6 239 45 339.6 339.8 295.0 342.6 0.79 16 250 10893 -42.5 -42.8 96 0.4 -42.5 233 45 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.3 0.35 17 200 12359 -54.5 -54.6 99 0.1 -54.5 180 37 346.4 346.4 296.0 346.9 0.12 18 150 14148 -66.6 -66.9 96 0.3 -66.7 134 67 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.03 19 100 16629 -60.9 -85.1 3 24.2 -61.2 254 13 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.26 m Freezing level: 578.65 mb = 4695.55 m = 15405.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4260.44 m = 13977.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.41 mb = 561.88 m = 1843.43 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.34 mb = 3816.61 m = 12521.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.38 C = 106.49 F Cap Strength: 8.59 C Lifted Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.59 C Showalter Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 16.47 C K Index: 23.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7852.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.94 mb = 1496.70 m = 4910.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 7.5 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.0 neg: -94.9 tot: 78.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 382.85 m/s