MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.10,-94.53 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 974 321 25.0 23.6 92 1.4 24.0 97 9 300.4 303.9 298.0 356.6 19.12 2 950 540 25.0 21.8 83 3.2 22.7 124 17 302.5 305.8 297.6 354.5 17.56 3 900 1016 23.2 20.4 84 2.8 21.2 162 24 305.4 308.6 298.0 356.4 17.01 4 850 1514 20.1 19.6 97 0.5 19.8 183 29 307.2 310.4 298.5 359.0 17.18 5 800 2037 17.6 15.9 90 1.7 16.5 201 35 310.0 312.7 297.4 353.8 14.37 6 750 2589 16.3 10.1 67 6.2 12.3 213 44 314.3 316.3 295.9 346.7 10.44 7 700 3173 12.4 3.0 53 9.4 6.9 218 47 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.7 6.80 8 650 3789 7.8 -7.8 32 15.6 0.5 221 49 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.27 9 600 4443 2.8 -9.1 41 12.0 -2.5 223 49 319.4 320.0 291.7 329.9 3.19 10 550 5141 -2.4 -7.8 67 5.4 -4.8 226 45 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.0 3.88 11 500 5890 -7.9 -10.8 79 2.9 -9.1 235 47 323.4 324.1 292.9 334.5 3.35 12 450 6701 -13.4 -14.4 92 1.1 -13.7 249 52 326.4 327.0 293.3 335.9 2.78 13 400 7587 -19.4 -20.9 88 1.5 -19.8 252 43 329.8 330.1 293.3 336.1 1.81 14 350 8566 -26.1 -29.0 77 2.9 -26.7 248 35 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.2 1.00 15 300 9664 -33.7 -40.1 53 6.4 -34.5 246 32 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.3 0.39 16 250 10917 -43.2 -48.2 58 5.0 -43.5 253 23 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.6 0.19 17 200 12382 -54.5 -54.5 99 0.1 -54.5 269 5 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.12 18 150 14165 -65.1 -68.2 65 3.1 -65.1 233 28 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.03 19 100 16661 -60.7 -83.8 3 23.1 -61.0 233 26 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.10 m Freezing level: 572.89 mb = 4821.57 m = 15818.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.11 mb = 3901.97 m = 12801.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.35 mb = 500.15 m = 1640.88 ft T: 24.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 30.54 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1577.98 m = 5177.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.10 C = 89.77 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -6.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -7.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 27.55 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2621.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.81 mb = 1125.14 m = 3691.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.81 mb = 3367.90 m = 11049.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.81 mb = 14009.32 m = 45961.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2605.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 535.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 178.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.53 Bulk Rich Number: 10.79 Bulk Shear: 243.03 m/s