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: 44.58,-94.33 Latitude: 44.58 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.9 22.6 88 2.2 23.3 151 8 299.6 302.9 297.1 352.1 17.91 2 950 588 24.1 20.6 81 3.5 21.6 172 18 301.7 304.7 296.6 349.8 16.31 3 900 1061 21.5 19.2 87 2.3 19.9 211 19 303.7 306.6 296.8 350.6 15.77 4 850 1555 18.0 17.3 95 0.7 17.5 229 19 305.0 307.8 296.4 349.2 14.77 5 800 2075 18.4 10.6 60 7.8 13.3 251 17 310.8 312.7 294.7 341.6 10.06 6 750 2627 16.3 -4.7 23 21.0 5.7 269 13 314.3 315.0 290.5 325.8 3.59 7 700 3208 12.3 -5.8 28 18.1 3.4 285 16 316.1 316.7 291.0 327.5 3.53 8 650 3823 7.2 -1.7 53 8.8 2.5 279 21 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.7 5.22 9 600 4476 1.9 -5.2 59 7.1 -1.6 282 24 318.3 319.2 292.3 332.3 4.34 10 550 5171 -3.5 -11.9 52 8.5 -7.0 288 32 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.78 11 500 5915 -10.1 -14.4 71 4.3 -11.7 287 37 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.0 2.51 12 450 6717 -16.5 -20.3 73 3.8 -17.6 293 31 322.4 322.8 291.2 328.2 1.69 13 400 7594 -21.5 -30.6 44 9.1 -23.3 289 27 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.8 0.75 14 350 8568 -27.4 -39.7 30 12.3 -29.1 302 33 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.35 15 300 9657 -36.1 -48.5 27 12.5 -37.1 303 28 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.16 16 250 10894 -46.6 -54.9 38 8.3 -46.9 297 25 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12337 -57.1 -60.8 62 3.8 -57.2 302 29 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14149 -57.8 -76.1 8 18.3 -58.0 249 20 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16695 -59.5 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.8 235 12 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.99 m Freezing level: 582.35 mb = 4721.49 m = 15490.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.32 mb = 4217.59 m = 13837.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.32 mb = 584.69 m = 1918.25 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 24.78 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1405.39 m = 4610.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 546.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2396.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.14 mb = 1117.06 m = 3664.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.14 mb = 3707.52 m = 12163.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.14 mb = 13031.15 m = 42752.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2370.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.14 mb = 16146.21 m = 52972.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.4 neg: -5.7 tot: 178.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.71 Bulk Rich Number: 22.00 Bulk Shear: 108.96 m/s