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: 45.25,-93.51 Latitude: 45.25 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 78 SFC 976 292 28.7 23.4 73 5.3 24.8 179 9 304.0 307.5 298.8 360.3 18.88 2 950 532 26.5 22.2 77 4.4 23.3 182 17 304.1 307.5 298.2 357.6 17.96 3 900 1007 22.3 20.4 89 1.9 20.9 183 19 304.5 307.7 297.7 355.2 17.00 4 850 1504 21.4 15.7 70 5.7 17.5 197 16 308.6 311.1 296.4 348.9 13.31 5 800 2031 21.3 10.3 49 11.0 14.1 218 14 313.8 315.7 295.4 344.4 9.86 6 750 2587 17.9 -0.4 29 18.3 7.9 223 13 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.9 4.97 7 700 3172 13.8 -6.1 25 19.9 4.0 226 13 317.8 318.5 291.5 329.1 3.46 8 650 3790 8.3 -5.0 38 13.3 1.7 240 16 318.3 319.1 292.1 331.4 4.04 9 600 4445 3.0 -7.3 47 10.3 -1.8 261 24 319.6 320.3 292.2 331.7 3.68 10 550 5143 -2.7 -7.5 69 4.8 -4.9 276 30 320.8 321.6 292.7 333.8 3.95 11 500 5889 -9.2 -15.2 62 6.0 -11.3 279 32 321.8 322.3 291.6 329.7 2.35 12 450 6695 -14.8 -27.5 33 12.7 -17.9 281 24 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.7 0.89 13 400 7576 -20.7 -36.2 23 15.6 -23.4 279 21 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.43 14 350 8548 -27.9 -43.1 22 15.3 -29.7 276 24 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.24 15 300 9638 -35.9 -49.0 25 13.2 -36.9 272 24 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.15 16 250 10877 -46.2 -55.7 33 9.5 -46.6 260 23 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.08 17 200 12322 -56.6 -62.7 46 6.1 -56.8 270 27 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14110 -61.0 -73.0 19 12.0 -61.1 271 27 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16647 -58.9 -84.5 2 25.6 -59.2 259 8 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.01 m Freezing level: 573.74 mb = 4811.32 m = 15784.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.99 mb = 4098.12 m = 13445.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.94 % Est. max temperature: 35.72 C = 96.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.87 mb = 969.47 m = 3180.62 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 31.19 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2609.16 m = 8560.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.80 C = 105.44 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -8.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 26.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3232.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.74 mb = 1205.14 m = 3953.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.74 mb = 3603.23 m = 11821.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.74 mb = 13527.63 m = 44381.46 ft B at Equ Level: 3215.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 64.97 Bulk Shear: 49.75 m/s