MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.71,-93.27 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 983 298 25.7 22.1 81 3.6 23.1 170 10 300.3 303.5 296.8 351.0 17.30 2 950 597 23.6 20.4 83 3.1 21.3 175 19 301.1 304.1 296.3 348.5 16.13 3 900 1068 20.2 18.2 88 2.0 18.8 194 23 302.4 305.1 295.7 346.0 14.78 4 850 1560 17.4 16.3 94 1.0 16.7 205 21 304.3 306.9 295.7 345.7 13.89 5 800 2080 17.9 11.1 64 6.8 13.5 228 23 310.2 312.2 294.8 342.2 10.45 6 750 2630 14.8 6.0 56 8.8 9.5 238 22 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.1 7.87 7 700 3210 10.7 2.7 58 8.0 6.2 247 19 314.4 315.6 293.2 335.3 6.67 8 650 3823 5.8 1.0 71 4.8 3.1 257 18 315.5 316.7 293.2 335.5 6.32 9 600 4473 1.0 -7.2 55 8.1 -2.8 273 20 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.3 3.73 10 550 5166 -4.5 -10.3 64 5.8 -7.0 282 29 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.1 3.17 11 500 5908 -10.6 -15.7 66 5.1 -12.3 281 31 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.7 2.25 12 450 6710 -15.7 -19.6 72 3.8 -16.9 282 23 323.5 323.8 291.6 329.6 1.80 13 400 7589 -21.0 -26.9 59 5.9 -22.4 276 23 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.5 1.06 14 350 8560 -28.9 -33.9 62 5.0 -29.7 281 24 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.62 15 300 9643 -37.5 -41.4 67 3.9 -37.8 274 20 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.34 16 250 10873 -47.5 -51.7 62 4.3 -47.7 267 22 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 17 200 12315 -56.5 -60.0 64 3.5 -56.6 270 23 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.6 0.06 18 150 14132 -57.4 -76.7 7 19.4 -57.6 241 23 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16687 -59.8 -84.3 3 24.5 -60.1 220 10 412.1 412.1 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.69 m Freezing level: 591.32 mb = 4592.98 m = 15068.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.60 mb = 4159.69 m = 13647.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.17 mb = 752.23 m = 2467.93 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 15.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1333.27 m = 4374.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 26.91 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2133.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.39 mb = 1102.10 m = 3615.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.39 mb = 3433.06 m = 11263.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.39 mb = 12931.41 m = 42425.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2085.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.39 mb = 16006.82 m = 52515.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.3 neg: -2.3 tot: 166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 27.79 Bulk Shear: 76.78 m/s