MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.86,-92.57 Latitude: 44.86 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 976 310 24.6 23.5 94 1.1 23.8 159 8 299.8 303.2 297.8 355.3 18.97 2 950 548 24.9 22.9 89 2.0 23.5 176 21 302.5 305.9 298.4 358.3 18.85 3 900 1023 23.9 19.6 77 4.3 20.8 211 30 306.1 309.1 297.6 354.7 16.17 4 850 1523 21.6 16.6 73 5.0 18.1 231 29 308.8 311.5 297.0 351.6 14.12 5 800 2048 20.2 11.0 56 9.2 14.1 246 23 312.6 314.6 295.4 344.7 10.37 6 750 2604 18.4 5.1 42 13.3 10.3 244 16 316.5 317.9 294.3 339.8 7.36 7 700 3191 14.2 -6.7 23 20.8 3.9 244 12 318.2 318.8 291.4 329.0 3.32 8 650 3810 9.1 -6.8 32 15.9 1.4 275 16 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.8 3.53 9 600 4466 3.4 -9.7 38 13.0 -2.4 303 19 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.1 3.06 10 550 5163 -2.9 -11.6 51 8.7 -6.5 300 23 320.7 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.86 11 500 5909 -9.6 -13.9 71 4.3 -11.2 307 29 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.1 2.62 12 450 6712 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 315 28 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.0 2.07 13 400 7589 -21.7 -29.0 51 7.3 -23.2 297 15 326.8 326.9 291.7 329.9 0.87 14 350 8559 -28.3 -41.5 27 13.2 -29.9 295 19 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.29 15 300 9648 -35.5 -52.5 16 17.0 -36.7 269 17 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.10 16 250 10891 -45.3 -58.4 22 13.1 -45.8 246 24 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 17 200 12343 -55.8 -64.8 32 9.0 -55.9 267 23 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14139 -61.0 -73.7 17 12.7 -61.2 266 19 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16659 -59.6 -84.5 3 24.9 -59.9 250 9 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.00 m Freezing level: 573.05 mb = 4841.57 m = 15884.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.56 mb = 4045.48 m = 13272.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.31 % Est. max temperature: 35.32 C = 95.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.41 mb = 442.79 m = 1452.72 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 29.33 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.50 mb = 2701.23 m = 8862.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.47 C = 106.65 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: -8.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.24 C Cross Totals Index: 26.21 C K Index: 27.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 601.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3137.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 231.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.37 mb = 1166.69 m = 3827.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.37 mb = 3804.93 m = 12483.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.37 mb = 13344.27 m = 43779.89 ft B at Equ Level: 3137.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.7 neg: -37.0 tot: 266.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.91 Bulk Rich Number: 33.01 Bulk Shear: 95.07 m/s