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: 44.46,-95.06 Latitude: 44.46 Longitude: -95.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 979 320 26.0 23.7 87 2.3 24.3 156 6 301.0 304.5 298.2 357.6 19.20 2 950 583 25.9 21.2 75 4.7 22.5 193 14 303.4 306.6 297.4 353.6 16.88 3 900 1058 22.0 19.3 85 2.7 20.1 207 14 304.2 307.1 297.0 351.6 15.90 4 850 1553 18.4 17.6 95 0.8 17.8 215 13 305.4 308.2 296.7 350.5 15.08 5 800 2074 19.1 9.9 55 9.2 13.2 241 13 311.5 313.4 294.6 341.1 9.61 6 750 2627 17.0 -3.5 24 20.5 6.4 257 12 315.1 315.8 291.0 327.7 3.94 7 700 3209 12.4 -4.8 30 17.2 3.8 263 13 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.4 3.81 8 650 3825 7.5 -0.3 58 7.7 3.2 263 19 317.4 318.5 293.3 335.9 5.79 9 600 4478 2.5 -7.7 47 10.2 -2.2 273 22 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.7 3.57 10 550 5175 -3.1 -12.7 47 9.6 -6.9 280 29 320.4 321.0 291.5 329.2 2.62 11 500 5920 -9.9 -14.8 68 4.8 -11.7 284 36 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.1 2.43 12 450 6722 -16.2 -20.4 70 4.2 -17.4 291 32 322.9 323.2 291.3 328.7 1.68 13 400 7600 -21.1 -32.3 36 11.3 -23.2 290 26 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.63 14 350 8573 -27.8 -39.0 34 11.2 -29.3 298 34 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.37 15 300 9661 -36.3 -47.7 30 11.4 -37.2 305 31 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.17 16 250 10898 -46.3 -54.7 38 8.5 -46.7 307 29 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12342 -57.4 -61.0 63 3.6 -57.5 311 33 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14150 -57.4 -76.9 7 19.5 -57.7 261 20 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16696 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.9 238 12 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.03 m Freezing level: 577.49 mb = 4791.81 m = 15720.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.25 mb = 4207.39 m = 13803.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.96 mb = 610.84 m = 2004.03 ft T: 25.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 29.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1398.83 m = 4589.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.31 C Cross Totals Index: 27.56 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2813.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.31 mb = 1209.89 m = 3969.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.31 mb = 3581.64 m = 11750.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.31 mb = 13389.28 m = 43927.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2756.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 53.15 Bulk Shear: 52.94 m/s