MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-94.06 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 974 312 28.0 24.9 83 3.1 25.7 178 9 303.4 307.2 299.7 365.2 20.74 2 950 534 26.7 23.2 81 3.5 24.1 183 17 304.2 307.8 299.0 361.3 19.12 3 900 1010 22.8 21.1 90 1.7 21.6 197 20 305.0 308.3 298.3 358.0 17.75 4 850 1508 22.4 15.2 64 7.2 17.5 217 17 309.6 312.1 296.4 348.9 12.90 5 800 2038 23.2 5.6 32 17.6 12.4 227 14 315.9 317.3 294.0 338.5 7.16 6 750 2596 19.3 -1.7 24 20.9 7.9 233 12 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.51 7 700 3183 14.6 -7.5 21 22.0 3.9 245 14 318.6 319.2 291.4 328.8 3.12 8 650 3803 9.2 -6.9 31 16.1 1.4 270 21 319.4 320.1 292.0 330.9 3.51 9 600 4459 3.3 -9.0 40 12.3 -2.3 288 24 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.6 3.23 10 550 5156 -3.1 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.5 294 27 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.2 2.96 11 500 5901 -9.8 -12.5 80 2.7 -10.8 281 34 321.1 321.7 291.9 330.8 2.92 12 450 6705 -15.7 -18.7 78 3.0 -16.6 292 34 323.5 323.9 291.7 330.2 1.95 13 400 7582 -22.1 -25.8 71 3.8 -22.9 306 25 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.4 1.16 14 350 8552 -28.3 -40.2 31 12.0 -29.8 290 22 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.33 15 300 9640 -36.1 -49.4 24 13.3 -37.1 276 21 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10881 -45.0 -59.9 17 14.9 -45.5 255 28 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 17 200 12337 -55.4 -64.9 30 9.5 -55.6 264 25 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14130 -62.6 -72.2 27 9.5 -62.7 268 24 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16653 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.7 -60.0 259 8 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.30 m Freezing level: 574.20 mb = 4818.72 m = 15809.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.68 mb = 4050.11 m = 13287.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.94 % Est. max temperature: 37.34 C = 99.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.87 mb = 703.38 m = 2307.66 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 36.37 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.43 mb = 2705.47 m = 8876.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.19 C = 107.94 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: -9.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 25.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3765.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.14 mb = 1145.30 m = 3757.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.14 mb = 3660.75 m = 12010.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.14 mb = 14082.90 m = 46203.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3729.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.3 neg: -10.5 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 53.90 Bulk Shear: 69.85 m/s