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: 45.18,-93.35 Latitude: 45.18 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 976 287 25.7 23.6 88 2.1 24.2 153 10 300.9 304.4 298.1 357.3 19.14 2 950 522 24.8 23.0 90 1.8 23.5 160 23 302.4 305.9 298.4 358.6 18.99 3 900 998 23.7 19.8 79 3.9 20.9 194 30 306.0 309.0 297.7 355.0 16.35 4 850 1498 22.5 14.6 61 7.9 17.1 206 27 309.7 312.1 296.1 347.4 12.39 5 800 2025 21.7 9.0 44 12.7 13.6 209 21 314.3 316.0 294.9 342.4 9.04 6 750 2582 18.5 2.5 34 16.0 9.2 208 22 316.7 317.9 293.3 336.1 6.13 7 700 3168 14.4 -5.7 24 20.0 4.4 212 23 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.0 3.58 8 650 3788 9.3 -7.9 29 17.2 1.1 227 23 319.4 320.1 291.7 330.1 3.25 9 600 4444 3.6 -11.2 33 14.8 -2.7 244 26 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.3 2.71 10 550 5142 -2.6 -9.5 59 6.9 -5.6 257 24 321.0 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.39 11 500 5890 -8.8 -16.0 56 7.2 -11.3 274 29 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.7 2.19 12 450 6696 -14.6 -26.2 37 11.6 -17.6 279 26 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.4 1.00 13 400 7578 -20.7 -31.9 36 11.2 -22.9 261 15 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.66 14 350 8551 -27.5 -45.8 16 18.3 -29.5 262 22 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.18 15 300 9643 -35.1 -53.4 14 18.2 -36.4 264 22 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10886 -45.5 -57.9 23 12.4 -46.0 262 25 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12335 -56.5 -64.6 35 8.1 -56.7 275 33 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14124 -62.4 -72.4 25 10.0 -62.6 278 25 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16655 -59.1 -84.3 2 25.2 -59.4 254 7 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.83 m Freezing level: 570.96 mb = 4849.58 m = 15910.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.35 mb = 3974.79 m = 13040.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.79 % Est. max temperature: 36.55 C = 97.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.52 mb = 545.12 m = 1788.42 ft T: 24.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 28.59 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.45 mb = 2702.35 m = 8865.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.67 C = 107.01 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: -7.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 25.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3089.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 272.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.27 mb = 1151.92 m = 3779.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.27 mb = 3797.08 m = 12457.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.27 mb = 13751.02 m = 45114.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3063.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.9 neg: -18.0 tot: 216.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.29 Bulk Rich Number: 42.87 Bulk Shear: 72.06 m/s