MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.31,-93.55 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 980 325 25.2 22.5 85 2.8 23.2 166 7 300.1 303.4 297.1 352.1 17.74 2 950 595 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 178 14 301.3 304.2 296.3 348.3 15.95 3 900 1067 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 208 17 302.5 305.3 296.0 347.0 15.04 4 850 1559 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 224 21 304.5 307.3 296.4 348.9 14.87 5 800 2079 17.6 11.9 69 5.7 13.9 244 24 310.0 312.0 295.2 343.6 11.03 6 750 2630 15.6 4.1 46 11.5 8.9 264 20 313.5 314.8 293.0 335.0 6.86 7 700 3211 12.0 -7.2 25 19.3 2.9 290 17 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.1 3.17 8 650 3826 7.2 -2.3 51 9.5 2.2 296 23 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.1 4.98 9 600 4478 2.0 -5.7 57 7.6 -1.7 298 26 318.4 319.2 292.2 331.9 4.18 10 550 5173 -3.7 -11.3 55 7.7 -6.8 299 32 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.4 2.92 11 500 5917 -10.1 -16.7 58 6.6 -12.4 296 35 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.6 2.06 12 450 6720 -16.0 -23.1 54 7.1 -17.9 294 28 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.32 13 400 7597 -21.7 -26.8 63 5.2 -22.8 290 26 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.06 14 350 8569 -27.5 -38.7 33 11.3 -29.0 302 30 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.38 15 300 9658 -36.4 -44.7 42 8.4 -37.1 300 25 334.1 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.24 16 250 10894 -46.8 -53.7 45 7.0 -47.1 290 25 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 17 200 12338 -56.2 -61.1 54 4.9 -56.3 283 29 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14153 -58.7 -76.2 9 17.5 -58.9 238 22 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16698 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.6 -59.9 233 12 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.95 m Freezing level: 582.50 mb = 4721.48 m = 15490.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4192.64 m = 13755.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.51 mb = 673.58 m = 2209.87 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 22.78 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1355.83 m = 4448.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 27.52 C K Index: 25.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1999.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.83 mb = 1116.37 m = 3662.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.83 mb = 3827.86 m = 12558.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.83 mb = 12667.47 m = 41559.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1997.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.83 mb = 16109.44 m = 52851.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 205.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 18.99 Bulk Shear: 105.33 m/s