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: 44.51,-94.4 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 981 305 24.7 22.8 89 2.0 23.3 148 8 299.5 302.8 297.1 352.4 18.07 2 950 587 24.3 20.8 81 3.5 21.8 171 19 301.8 304.8 296.7 350.3 16.46 3 900 1060 21.6 19.3 87 2.3 20.0 210 19 303.8 306.7 296.8 351.0 15.87 4 850 1555 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 227 19 305.1 307.9 296.5 349.4 14.82 5 800 2075 18.7 10.9 60 7.8 13.7 250 17 311.1 313.1 295.0 342.8 10.31 6 750 2627 16.5 -4.3 24 20.8 5.9 268 13 314.4 315.2 290.6 326.3 3.70 7 700 3209 12.2 -5.5 29 17.7 3.5 282 14 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.7 3.63 8 650 3824 7.1 -1.5 54 8.6 2.6 276 20 317.0 318.1 292.8 333.9 5.29 9 600 4477 2.0 -5.6 57 7.6 -1.7 280 23 318.4 319.3 292.3 332.1 4.21 10 550 5173 -3.4 -12.1 51 8.7 -7.0 287 32 320.0 320.6 291.5 329.1 2.75 11 500 5917 -10.1 -14.1 73 3.9 -11.6 286 38 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.3 2.57 12 450 6719 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.5 293 32 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.78 13 400 7595 -21.5 -30.8 43 9.3 -23.4 289 27 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.7 0.74 14 350 8569 -27.5 -39.5 31 12.0 -29.1 302 34 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.36 15 300 9658 -36.1 -48.5 27 12.5 -37.0 303 28 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 16 250 10896 -46.6 -54.9 38 8.4 -46.9 299 24 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12339 -57.0 -60.9 62 3.8 -57.1 303 29 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14150 -57.9 -75.9 8 18.0 -58.2 255 19 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -59.5 -84.3 3 24.7 -59.8 236 12 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.62 m Freezing level: 581.56 mb = 4733.41 m = 15529.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.63 mb = 4214.31 m = 13826.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.92 mb = 551.11 m = 1808.09 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 24.68 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1399.52 m = 4591.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.83 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2471.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.89 mb = 1109.67 m = 3640.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.89 mb = 3698.79 m = 12134.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.89 mb = 13006.04 m = 42670.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2453.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.4 neg: -6.8 tot: 181.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 22.62 Bulk Shear: 109.24 m/s