MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.91,-93.74 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 976 297 28.0 24.3 80 3.8 25.2 169 9 303.3 307.0 299.2 362.7 19.93 2 950 531 26.2 22.8 82 3.4 23.7 175 16 303.7 307.2 298.5 359.3 18.66 3 900 1007 22.2 20.7 92 1.4 21.2 187 20 304.4 307.6 298.0 356.2 17.37 4 850 1503 21.2 15.6 70 5.7 17.3 201 19 308.4 310.9 296.3 348.3 13.19 5 800 2031 21.7 10.3 48 11.4 14.3 212 17 314.2 316.1 295.5 345.0 9.88 6 750 2587 18.3 0.4 30 17.9 8.3 213 16 316.5 317.5 292.6 333.3 5.26 7 700 3174 14.3 -5.5 25 19.8 4.4 214 15 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.1 3.61 8 650 3793 9.0 -5.8 35 14.8 1.7 239 18 319.1 319.8 292.2 331.5 3.82 9 600 4449 3.4 -8.7 41 12.1 -2.1 259 23 320.1 320.7 292.0 330.9 3.31 10 550 5147 -2.4 -8.0 66 5.6 -5.0 278 29 321.2 321.9 292.7 333.7 3.80 11 500 5894 -9.1 -14.9 63 5.8 -11.2 281 30 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.0 2.41 12 450 6699 -15.2 -26.5 37 11.4 -18.0 285 25 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.6 0.97 13 400 7580 -20.9 -35.6 26 14.6 -23.5 286 19 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.5 0.46 14 350 8551 -28.1 -42.3 24 14.2 -29.8 273 21 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.26 15 300 9641 -35.5 -52.5 16 17.0 -36.7 266 21 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.10 16 250 10882 -46.1 -55.9 32 9.8 -46.5 262 22 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 17 200 12327 -56.6 -63.7 40 7.1 -56.7 271 26 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14115 -61.5 -72.9 21 11.4 -61.7 267 26 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16649 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 259 8 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.74 m Freezing level: 570.88 mb = 4855.33 m = 15929.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.86 mb = 4076.72 m = 13374.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.98 % Est. max temperature: 35.85 C = 96.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.10 mb = 774.16 m = 2539.86 ft T: 24.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 32.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.02 mb = 2598.53 m = 8525.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.15 C = 106.07 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -8.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3432.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.53 mb = 1108.23 m = 3635.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.53 mb = 3608.14 m = 11837.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.53 mb = 13929.73 m = 45700.66 ft B at Equ Level: 3384.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: -4.2 tot: 86.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 64.82 Bulk Shear: 52.96 m/s