MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.03,-94.53 Latitude: 44.03 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 979 322 26.4 23.4 83 3.0 24.2 158 9 301.4 304.8 298.1 356.9 18.81 2 950 590 23.9 20.8 82 3.2 21.6 168 16 301.5 304.5 296.6 349.9 16.45 3 900 1062 20.5 19.2 92 1.4 19.6 192 20 302.7 305.6 296.4 349.2 15.70 4 850 1555 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 209 24 304.5 307.2 296.3 348.6 14.81 5 800 2076 18.6 11.1 61 7.5 13.7 224 29 311.0 313.0 295.0 342.9 10.41 6 750 2628 16.3 2.9 41 13.4 8.5 255 19 314.2 315.4 292.8 334.0 6.30 7 700 3210 12.3 -7.0 25 19.3 3.1 294 16 316.1 316.8 290.7 326.6 3.22 8 650 3825 7.5 -2.5 49 10.0 2.2 288 24 317.4 318.3 292.6 333.1 4.90 9 600 4478 2.0 -6.4 54 8.4 -2.0 297 28 318.5 319.2 292.1 331.3 3.95 10 550 5173 -4.0 -11.4 56 7.4 -7.0 301 31 319.4 319.9 291.4 329.0 2.91 11 500 5916 -10.5 -15.9 65 5.3 -12.4 301 30 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.22 12 450 6718 -15.6 -23.5 51 7.9 -17.7 298 28 323.6 323.8 291.2 328.0 1.27 13 400 7596 -21.7 -26.6 64 4.9 -22.8 294 32 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.08 14 350 8566 -28.5 -35.1 53 6.6 -29.5 286 32 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.4 0.55 15 300 9653 -36.2 -47.3 31 11.0 -37.1 273 29 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 16 250 10891 -46.3 -54.0 42 7.6 -46.7 269 24 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.10 17 200 12335 -57.0 -60.3 66 3.3 -57.1 265 28 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 18 150 14153 -57.5 -77.0 7 19.5 -57.8 218 20 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16691 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.4 -59.5 232 11 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.51 m Freezing level: 583.08 mb = 4713.43 m = 15463.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.38 mb = 4166.50 m = 13669.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.63 mb = 704.35 m = 2310.85 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 30.27 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1224.32 m = 4016.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 27.88 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 575.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2429.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.69 mb = 1074.33 m = 3524.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.69 mb = 1417.01 m = 4648.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.69 mb = 1618.85 m = 5311.13 ft B at Equ Level: 7.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 813.69 mb = 1929.87 m = 6331.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.9 neg: -5.9 tot: 253.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.87 Bulk Rich Number: 19.33 Bulk Shear: 125.64 m/s