MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.51,-93.66 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 971 308 28.2 24.5 80 3.7 25.4 207 11 303.9 307.7 299.5 364.5 20.31 2 950 505 27.5 22.8 76 4.7 24.0 212 20 305.1 308.6 299.0 361.3 18.75 3 900 983 24.0 19.9 78 4.1 21.0 230 25 306.2 309.3 297.8 355.6 16.43 4 850 1482 21.0 16.0 73 5.0 17.5 241 26 308.2 310.7 296.5 349.2 13.57 5 800 2006 19.0 10.6 58 8.4 13.6 233 34 311.4 313.3 294.9 342.5 10.11 6 750 2559 16.7 5.5 47 11.2 9.9 232 40 314.7 316.2 293.9 338.4 7.57 7 700 3143 13.3 1.5 44 11.8 6.6 234 44 317.3 318.4 293.5 336.7 6.11 8 650 3762 8.9 -1.1 50 10.0 3.5 236 45 319.0 320.1 293.4 336.6 5.45 9 600 4419 3.4 -2.2 67 5.6 0.4 235 39 320.0 321.1 293.7 337.5 5.42 10 550 5118 -2.0 -6.8 70 4.8 -4.3 234 31 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.4 4.18 11 500 5867 -8.1 -15.0 58 6.9 -10.6 232 31 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.2 2.39 12 450 6678 -12.4 -30.5 20 18.1 -16.6 246 29 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.67 13 400 7567 -18.9 -29.1 40 10.2 -21.2 240 25 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.6 0.86 14 350 8547 -26.4 -32.3 58 5.9 -27.5 250 27 333.1 333.3 293.3 335.8 0.72 15 300 9639 -35.7 -41.7 54 6.0 -36.3 260 29 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.3 0.33 16 250 10878 -46.5 -54.0 42 7.5 -46.8 255 24 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12320 -57.9 -58.8 89 0.9 -57.9 244 28 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.07 18 150 14107 -58.3 -76.0 9 17.8 -58.5 229 27 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16640 -61.1 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.4 222 14 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.35 m Freezing level: 568.73 mb = 4855.97 m = 15931.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.41 mb = 4480.21 m = 14698.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.58 % Est. max temperature: 34.29 C = 93.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.60 mb = 783.18 m = 2569.46 ft T: 25.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 27.97 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2056.37 m = 6746.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 33.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3293.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.85 mb = 1330.96 m = 4366.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.85 mb = 3387.12 m = 11112.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.85 mb = 13711.45 m = 44984.53 ft B at Equ Level: 3236.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.29 Bulk Rich Number: 89.83 Bulk Shear: 36.67 m/s