MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.31,-94.77 Latitude: 44.31 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 968 330 28.8 25.0 80 3.8 26.0 181 12 304.8 308.7 300.2 368.0 21.08 2 950 496 28.8 23.6 74 5.2 24.9 183 23 306.4 310.1 299.8 365.8 19.69 3 900 980 29.6 18.0 50 11.6 21.3 211 35 312.0 314.8 298.1 356.8 14.57 4 850 1488 27.5 12.3 39 15.2 17.3 226 44 315.0 317.0 296.3 348.2 10.66 5 800 2022 23.9 8.8 38 15.2 14.1 226 49 316.7 318.4 295.4 344.7 8.91 6 750 2581 18.9 7.0 46 11.9 11.4 224 49 317.1 318.7 295.2 343.7 8.41 7 700 3169 14.2 3.7 49 10.5 8.0 221 46 318.3 319.6 294.6 341.1 7.17 8 650 3790 10.1 -1.6 44 11.7 3.8 222 38 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.3 5.23 9 600 4450 5.0 -3.7 53 8.7 0.5 230 33 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.7 4.85 10 550 5153 -0.7 -5.6 69 4.9 -3.1 243 28 323.3 324.2 293.9 338.4 4.59 11 500 5906 -7.0 -9.8 80 2.8 -8.2 255 29 324.5 325.2 293.4 336.5 3.62 12 450 6718 -13.1 -20.3 55 7.1 -15.3 258 29 326.7 327.1 292.4 332.6 1.70 13 400 7605 -19.0 -34.1 25 15.0 -21.9 258 31 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.3 0.54 14 350 8584 -26.4 -40.3 26 13.9 -28.3 247 35 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.33 15 300 9678 -35.0 -46.7 29 11.7 -36.0 247 35 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.19 16 250 10923 -44.7 -52.2 43 7.6 -45.0 243 31 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12378 -55.7 -62.6 42 6.9 -55.8 255 35 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14174 -61.8 -74.1 18 12.3 -61.9 247 41 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16671 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 222 20 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.57 m Freezing level: 556.18 mb = 5066.28 m = 16621.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.17 mb = 4542.59 m = 14903.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.66 % Est. max temperature: 39.98 C = 103.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.84 mb = 813.83 m = 2670.02 ft T: 29.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 30.68 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.17 mb = 2903.54 m = 9525.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.66 C = 106.99 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.38 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3331.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 296.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.46 mb = 1962.24 m = 6437.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.46 mb = 3656.60 m = 11996.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.46 mb = 14154.80 m = 46439.07 ft B at Equ Level: 3285.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 319.1 neg: -50.4 tot: 268.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.64 Bulk Rich Number: 49.16 Bulk Shear: 67.77 m/s