MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.99,-93.68 Latitude: 43.99 Longitude: -93.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 970 334 27.9 24.8 83 3.2 25.6 139 17 303.7 307.5 299.8 365.5 20.70 2 950 519 27.7 23.2 77 4.5 24.3 145 28 305.3 308.8 299.2 362.8 19.17 3 900 998 24.1 20.7 82 3.3 21.6 160 34 306.3 309.5 298.4 358.5 17.36 4 850 1499 24.2 10.0 41 14.2 15.0 189 39 311.4 313.2 294.2 339.5 9.09 5 800 2027 21.6 5.5 35 16.2 11.9 205 38 314.2 315.6 293.4 336.4 7.09 6 750 2582 17.2 4.1 42 13.1 9.5 214 39 315.3 316.6 293.6 336.9 6.88 7 700 3166 13.1 -6.0 26 19.1 3.7 211 40 317.0 317.6 291.2 328.2 3.48 8 650 3783 8.4 -11.6 23 20.0 -0.3 215 41 318.5 318.9 290.7 326.5 2.42 9 600 4438 4.1 -11.7 30 15.8 -2.7 219 38 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.5 2.60 10 550 5139 -1.3 -10.3 50 9.0 -5.2 226 38 322.5 323.2 292.6 333.1 3.18 11 500 5890 -7.2 -14.2 57 7.0 -9.9 240 40 324.3 324.8 292.5 332.9 2.55 12 450 6702 -12.7 -24.7 36 12.0 -16.0 246 43 327.3 327.5 292.1 331.4 1.15 13 400 7593 -17.4 -34.0 22 16.6 -20.7 245 41 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.4 0.54 14 350 8580 -24.0 -40.2 21 16.2 -26.4 248 37 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.33 15 300 9688 -31.4 -51.7 12 20.3 -33.1 238 23 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.11 16 250 10950 -42.1 -49.0 47 7.0 -42.5 233 12 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.3 0.18 17 200 12422 -53.5 -53.6 99 0.1 -53.5 323 20 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.13 18 150 14212 -66.0 -66.4 95 0.4 -66.0 317 49 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.03 19 100 16675 -61.9 -83.6 4 21.7 -62.1 230 31 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.95 m Freezing level: 562.01 mb = 4970.56 m = 16307.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.48 mb = 3738.32 m = 12264.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.97 % Est. max temperature: 37.24 C = 99.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.32 mb = 733.21 m = 2405.53 ft T: 26.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 29.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.06 mb = 2467.47 m = 8095.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.20 C = 102.56 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.17 C K Index: 22.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2662.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.77 mb = 1388.36 m = 4554.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.77 mb = 3336.88 m = 10947.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.77 mb = 14386.10 m = 47197.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2643.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.3 neg: -2.4 tot: 441.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.14 Bulk Rich Number: 16.25 Bulk Shear: 163.80 m/s