MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-93.90 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 976 304 29.6 23.6 70 6.0 25.2 187 12 304.9 308.4 299.1 362.0 19.11 2 950 544 26.8 21.5 73 5.3 22.9 189 17 304.4 307.6 297.8 355.8 17.26 3 900 1019 22.4 20.6 90 1.8 21.1 191 17 304.5 307.7 297.9 355.9 17.20 4 850 1516 20.9 15.9 73 4.9 17.5 209 15 308.0 310.5 296.4 348.9 13.53 5 800 2044 22.4 9.0 42 13.4 13.8 244 15 315.0 316.8 295.1 343.2 9.03 6 750 2601 18.5 -0.9 27 19.4 7.9 267 13 316.7 317.6 292.3 332.0 4.78 7 700 3187 14.1 -7.3 22 21.4 3.8 287 18 318.1 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.16 8 650 3806 8.6 -8.3 29 16.9 0.7 299 21 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.0 3.14 9 600 4460 2.8 -9.3 40 12.1 -2.6 290 28 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.14 10 550 5156 -3.5 -10.3 59 6.8 -6.4 287 33 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.17 11 500 5900 -9.8 -15.1 65 5.3 -11.7 295 34 321.1 321.5 291.5 329.0 2.37 12 450 6704 -15.8 -22.3 57 6.5 -17.6 290 32 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.3 1.42 13 400 7581 -22.0 -31.4 42 9.4 -23.8 291 30 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.69 14 350 8550 -28.2 -40.7 29 12.6 -29.7 267 28 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.31 15 300 9638 -36.1 -49.9 23 13.8 -37.1 261 30 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.0 0.13 16 250 10880 -44.8 -58.5 20 13.7 -45.3 267 28 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 17 200 12335 -55.5 -64.3 33 8.8 -55.7 258 23 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14124 -63.2 -72.4 28 9.2 -63.3 283 21 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16651 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.3 231 11 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.31 m Freezing level: 577.89 mb = 4767.97 m = 15642.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.18 mb = 3942.83 m = 12935.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.91 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.02 mb = 1067.59 m = 3502.56 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 27.40 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.11 mb = 2748.34 m = 9016.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.75 C = 107.14 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: -9.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 25.77 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 554.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3216.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.87 mb = 1255.32 m = 4118.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.87 mb = 3667.16 m = 12031.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.87 mb = 13688.66 m = 44909.74 ft B at Equ Level: 3203.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 305.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 86.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 34.55 Bulk Shear: 93.10 m/s