MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.98,-93.51 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 978 290 30.8 22.4 61 8.4 24.6 182 10 305.9 309.2 298.5 359.1 17.74 2 950 544 27.2 20.9 68 6.3 22.6 181 16 304.8 307.8 297.5 354.2 16.57 3 900 1020 22.7 19.8 84 2.9 20.6 180 15 304.9 308.0 297.5 354.0 16.41 4 850 1516 20.1 16.6 80 3.5 17.7 187 13 307.2 309.8 296.5 349.7 14.11 5 800 2043 20.6 11.8 57 8.8 14.7 221 13 313.1 315.2 295.9 346.8 10.91 6 750 2597 17.4 1.2 33 16.3 8.3 238 11 315.5 316.6 292.6 333.1 5.55 7 700 3182 13.8 -7.2 23 21.0 3.7 260 9 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.1 3.17 8 650 3800 8.3 -5.7 37 14.0 1.4 279 13 318.3 319.1 291.9 330.8 3.85 9 600 4454 2.4 -6.9 50 9.3 -2.0 277 18 318.9 319.6 292.1 331.3 3.81 10 550 5151 -2.8 -11.8 50 8.9 -6.5 288 33 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.1 2.83 11 500 5898 -8.6 -17.4 49 8.8 -11.6 295 30 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.2 1.95 12 450 6704 -15.4 -17.3 85 1.9 -16.0 285 22 323.9 324.4 292.1 331.4 2.19 13 400 7582 -21.9 -30.3 47 8.4 -23.6 286 25 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.3 0.77 14 350 8552 -28.1 -39.0 34 10.9 -29.6 271 19 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.3 0.37 15 300 9641 -35.5 -51.6 18 16.2 -36.7 270 21 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 16 250 10881 -46.3 -55.2 36 8.9 -46.6 256 21 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12323 -57.6 -61.1 64 3.5 -57.6 252 23 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14110 -62.3 -72.4 25 10.1 -62.4 277 28 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16644 -59.8 -84.3 3 24.5 -60.2 258 7 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.51 m Freezing level: 576.99 mb = 4774.54 m = 15664.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.02 mb = 4068.19 m = 13346.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.70 mb = 1347.42 m = 4420.63 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 31.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2686.14 m = 8812.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.68 C = 105.23 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 24.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3034.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.37 mb = 1390.85 m = 4563.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.37 mb = 3706.10 m = 12158.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.37 mb = 13429.20 m = 44058.52 ft B at Equ Level: 3031.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: -8.5 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 50.16 Bulk Shear: 60.50 m/s