MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.32,-93.35 Latitude: 45.32 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 972 289 31.2 22.0 58 9.2 24.4 206 16 306.8 310.0 298.5 359.1 17.36 2 950 495 28.1 20.7 64 7.3 22.8 209 26 305.7 308.7 297.7 354.9 16.43 3 900 973 23.5 19.4 78 4.1 20.6 213 29 305.8 308.7 297.4 353.7 15.98 4 850 1470 19.4 17.7 90 1.7 18.2 221 29 306.5 309.3 297.1 352.1 15.20 5 800 1993 20.4 7.3 43 13.1 12.3 233 39 312.9 314.5 293.8 338.0 8.07 6 750 2548 18.4 2.8 35 15.7 9.3 227 45 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.4 6.24 7 700 3135 14.5 0.6 39 13.9 6.6 222 46 318.5 319.7 293.5 336.9 5.71 8 650 3756 9.4 -2.1 44 11.5 3.2 226 41 319.6 320.5 293.3 335.9 5.05 9 600 4413 3.5 -4.2 57 7.7 -0.4 234 39 320.2 321.1 293.2 335.3 4.67 10 550 5111 -2.7 -6.8 73 4.1 -4.6 238 36 320.9 321.7 292.9 334.6 4.17 11 500 5859 -8.6 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.4 244 37 322.5 323.2 292.8 333.9 3.45 12 450 6668 -13.8 -17.0 76 3.2 -14.9 235 30 325.9 326.4 292.7 333.6 2.24 13 400 7553 -19.2 -30.1 38 10.8 -21.6 254 25 330.0 330.1 292.5 332.8 0.79 14 350 8531 -26.7 -38.3 32 11.7 -28.3 250 26 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.40 15 300 9624 -35.4 -47.8 27 12.4 -36.4 253 27 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.17 16 250 10864 -46.3 -52.0 53 5.6 -46.6 244 32 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.13 17 200 12305 -58.5 -59.1 93 0.6 -58.5 228 41 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.07 18 150 14096 -57.1 -76.4 7 19.3 -57.3 224 34 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16632 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.7 -60.0 197 14 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.45 m Freezing level: 571.60 mb = 4809.51 m = 15779.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.37 mb = 4339.62 m = 14237.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.34 C = 93.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.54 mb = 1454.04 m = 4770.43 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 22.68 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.61 mb = 2888.46 m = 9476.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.05 C = 107.69 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.36 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2792.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.29 mb = 1477.05 m = 4845.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.29 mb = 3956.64 m = 12980.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.29 mb = 13161.65 m = 43180.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2786.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.4 neg: -21.5 tot: 130.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.66 Bulk Rich Number: 81.29 Bulk Shear: 34.35 m/s