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: 44.01,-94.69 Latitude: 44.01 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 968 348 28.0 24.7 82 3.3 25.5 159 13 304.0 307.8 299.7 365.5 20.59 2 950 513 28.1 22.9 73 5.2 24.2 162 23 305.7 309.2 299.1 362.0 18.77 3 900 992 24.8 20.2 75 4.7 21.5 172 33 307.1 310.2 298.2 357.6 16.76 4 850 1494 25.0 12.2 45 12.8 16.4 195 43 312.3 314.3 295.4 344.8 10.55 5 800 2024 21.8 8.7 43 13.0 13.4 210 44 314.3 316.0 294.8 342.0 8.87 6 750 2580 17.4 7.0 50 10.4 10.9 220 45 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.7 8.39 7 700 3164 12.3 3.8 56 8.5 7.3 225 48 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.8 7.19 8 650 3780 7.8 -3.9 43 11.7 1.9 227 46 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.0 4.41 9 600 4435 3.8 -8.5 40 12.3 -1.9 226 40 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.5 3.35 10 550 5135 -1.8 -5.6 75 3.8 -3.7 230 39 321.9 322.8 293.5 336.9 4.57 11 500 5885 -8.1 -9.0 93 0.9 -8.5 239 39 323.2 323.9 293.3 336.0 3.88 12 450 6695 -13.3 -17.3 72 4.0 -14.6 254 41 326.5 327.0 292.8 334.1 2.19 13 400 7584 -17.9 -30.0 34 12.2 -20.6 250 38 331.8 331.9 293.0 334.7 0.79 14 350 8572 -23.4 -37.5 26 14.2 -25.7 250 35 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.9 0.43 15 300 9681 -31.0 -47.4 18 16.4 -32.7 246 28 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.18 16 250 10946 -41.3 -55.7 20 14.4 -42.1 205 19 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 17 200 12423 -52.9 -55.2 76 2.3 -53.0 240 7 348.9 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.11 18 150 14225 -64.9 -66.4 82 1.5 -64.9 278 27 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.5 0.03 19 100 16657 -61.6 -83.6 4 22.0 -61.9 231 21 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.07 m Freezing level: 566.23 mb = 4908.11 m = 16102.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4104.66 m = 13466.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.01 % Est. max temperature: 37.53 C = 99.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.76 mb = 770.51 m = 2527.90 ft T: 26.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 33.93 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2548.41 m = 8360.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.28 C = 102.71 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 36.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2519.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.98 mb = 1525.57 m = 5005.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.98 mb = 3140.09 m = 10302.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.98 mb = 14142.90 m = 46400.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2512.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 518.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 518.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.36 Bulk Rich Number: 17.64 Bulk Shear: 142.83 m/s