MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.98,-95.95 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 968 319 25.4 23.7 90 1.8 24.2 132 11 301.4 304.9 298.4 358.4 19.34 2 950 485 25.8 23.2 85 2.6 23.9 141 23 303.4 306.9 298.8 360.3 19.14 3 900 964 26.0 18.8 64 7.2 20.8 178 32 308.3 311.2 297.7 354.7 15.33 4 850 1468 24.6 14.4 53 10.2 17.6 198 35 311.9 314.2 296.5 349.4 12.20 5 800 1998 23.9 4.6 29 19.2 12.2 214 35 316.6 317.9 293.7 337.7 6.68 6 750 2559 21.0 0.1 25 20.9 9.2 222 34 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.9 5.13 7 700 3150 16.1 -2.5 28 18.6 6.1 227 33 320.4 321.2 293.1 335.1 4.54 8 650 3773 10.8 -7.7 26 18.5 1.9 227 29 321.2 321.9 292.3 332.1 3.30 9 600 4433 5.1 -14.3 23 19.4 -2.9 225 26 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.2 2.11 10 550 5135 -1.3 -13.4 39 12.1 -6.2 239 32 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.9 2.48 11 500 5884 -8.5 -14.1 64 5.6 -10.6 244 36 322.7 323.2 292.1 331.4 2.57 12 450 6691 -14.6 -27.3 33 12.7 -17.7 258 32 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.90 13 400 7573 -20.5 -37.1 21 16.6 -23.2 259 32 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.9 0.40 14 350 8547 -27.2 -37.0 39 9.8 -28.7 257 27 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.45 15 300 9639 -35.3 -53.5 14 18.3 -36.5 253 21 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 16 250 10885 -43.9 -57.1 22 13.2 -44.5 301 26 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.07 17 200 12345 -55.6 -57.6 77 2.1 -55.6 328 50 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14130 -63.4 -70.2 39 6.8 -63.5 288 28 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16650 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 240 8 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.30 m Freezing level: 560.22 mb = 4991.10 m = 16374.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4030.38 m = 13222.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.38 % Est. max temperature: 38.81 C = 101.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.91 mb = 542.24 m = 1779.00 ft T: 25.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 31.19 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3161.73 m = 10372.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.28 C = 111.70 F Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 28.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2887.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 446.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.52 mb = 1493.16 m = 4898.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.52 mb = 4129.33 m = 13547.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.52 mb = 13632.91 m = 44726.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2886.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 420.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.42 Bulk Rich Number: 21.53 Bulk Shear: 134.14 m/s