MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.84,-92.76 Latitude: 44.84 Longitude: -92.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 979 298 24.3 22.7 91 1.6 23.1 182 8 299.2 302.5 297.0 351.7 17.97 2 950 565 22.3 20.9 92 1.4 21.3 185 18 299.8 302.8 296.3 348.4 16.60 3 900 1035 20.1 18.0 88 2.1 18.7 209 29 302.3 304.9 295.6 345.4 14.60 4 850 1530 20.0 15.1 73 5.0 16.7 223 35 307.1 309.5 295.7 345.6 12.77 5 800 2052 18.0 12.9 72 5.1 14.6 230 35 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.2 11.76 6 750 2603 14.7 9.5 71 5.2 11.4 242 35 312.6 314.5 295.1 343.5 10.02 7 700 3183 10.7 4.8 67 5.9 7.2 252 37 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.4 7.71 8 650 3796 5.9 -1.3 60 7.2 2.1 263 38 315.6 316.7 292.4 332.6 5.35 9 600 4446 1.4 -7.1 53 8.5 -2.6 271 42 317.7 318.4 291.7 329.8 3.74 10 550 5140 -3.9 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.8 275 45 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.4 3.02 11 500 5884 -9.3 -13.9 69 4.6 -11.1 287 45 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.4 2.60 12 450 6691 -14.7 -18.3 74 3.6 -15.9 295 48 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.6 2.01 13 400 7573 -19.4 -22.3 78 2.8 -20.3 298 44 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.4 1.60 14 350 8555 -25.0 -25.4 96 0.5 -25.1 303 31 335.1 335.4 294.3 340.1 1.38 15 300 9659 -32.6 -32.6 100 0.0 -32.6 274 20 339.4 339.6 294.9 342.5 0.82 16 250 10914 -43.3 -43.9 94 0.6 -43.3 280 17 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.31 17 200 12374 -55.9 -57.0 87 1.2 -55.9 280 21 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.09 18 150 14154 -63.7 -68.9 49 5.2 -63.8 289 27 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.02 19 100 16667 -60.2 -84.3 3 24.1 -60.4 246 11 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.78 m Freezing level: 587.05 mb = 4625.65 m = 15175.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.63 mb = 4080.21 m = 13386.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.61 mb = 504.33 m = 1654.61 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2199.01 m = 7214.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.92 C = 96.65 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1270.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.84 mb = 997.73 m = 3273.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.84 mb = 3436.87 m = 11275.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.84 mb = 12729.30 m = 41762.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1267.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.84 mb = 15597.30 m = 51171.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 393.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 8.08 Bulk Shear: 157.30 m/s