MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.87,-95.83 Latitude: 44.87 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 977 332 23.2 22.0 93 1.1 22.3 152 6 298.3 301.4 296.3 348.6 17.30 2 950 577 25.9 20.7 73 5.2 22.2 171 16 303.5 306.5 297.1 352.1 16.37 3 900 1052 22.7 18.9 79 3.8 20.0 172 14 304.9 307.8 296.8 350.9 15.43 4 850 1549 19.8 15.2 75 4.6 16.7 184 11 306.9 309.3 295.7 345.7 12.88 5 800 2072 20.2 1.9 30 18.3 9.8 196 9 312.7 313.8 291.7 329.9 5.49 6 750 2625 17.0 0.2 32 16.8 7.7 203 11 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.4 5.17 7 700 3208 12.1 3.3 55 8.8 6.9 221 16 315.9 317.2 293.7 337.7 6.93 8 650 3824 7.3 1.0 64 6.3 3.8 238 21 317.2 318.4 293.7 337.4 6.35 9 600 4478 2.5 -9.1 42 11.6 -2.7 250 21 319.0 319.7 291.6 329.5 3.20 10 550 5174 -3.1 -13.7 44 10.7 -7.2 266 24 320.5 320.9 291.3 328.5 2.41 11 500 5919 -9.3 -19.5 44 10.1 -12.6 266 32 321.6 322.0 290.9 327.2 1.64 12 450 6725 -15.0 -22.1 55 7.1 -17.0 280 26 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.3 1.44 13 400 7607 -20.2 -30.8 38 10.7 -22.4 295 25 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.5 0.73 14 350 8581 -27.9 -33.8 57 5.8 -28.9 305 29 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.63 15 300 9667 -37.1 -42.9 55 5.8 -37.7 302 35 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.29 16 250 10899 -47.3 -51.9 59 4.6 -47.5 294 38 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12346 -55.7 -63.0 40 7.3 -55.9 316 50 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14147 -60.5 -74.1 15 13.6 -60.6 291 25 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16683 -60.1 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.4 228 10 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.09 m Freezing level: 577.41 mb = 4792.19 m = 15722.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.76 mb = 4200.04 m = 13779.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.01 % Est. max temperature: 34.31 C = 93.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.15 mb = 474.43 m = 1556.52 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.16 mb = 2702.69 m = 8866.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.86 C = 103.74 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2375.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 225.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.92 mb = 1317.72 m = 4323.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.92 mb = 3723.69 m = 12216.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.92 mb = 13078.29 m = 42907.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2351.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.92 mb = 16206.61 m = 53170.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.7 neg: -10.8 tot: 71.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 54.14 Bulk Shear: 43.89 m/s