MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.78,-93.27 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 974 295 25.7 22.2 81 3.5 23.2 168 13 301.1 304.3 297.2 352.7 17.53 2 950 513 25.0 21.5 81 3.5 22.5 175 27 302.6 305.7 297.4 353.5 17.22 3 900 989 25.8 17.3 59 8.5 19.9 205 44 308.1 310.8 296.7 350.4 13.98 4 850 1494 25.7 13.1 45 12.7 17.2 220 38 313.1 315.2 296.1 347.7 11.20 5 800 2025 22.8 9.5 43 13.3 14.2 232 32 315.5 317.3 295.5 344.9 9.39 6 750 2584 19.6 0.8 28 18.9 8.9 225 28 317.9 318.9 293.1 335.2 5.39 7 700 3172 15.2 -7.5 20 22.7 4.1 220 30 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.5 3.10 8 650 3793 9.9 -10.3 23 20.2 0.8 232 32 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.1 2.69 9 600 4450 4.0 -8.8 39 12.8 -1.9 247 32 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.6 3.27 10 550 5150 -2.1 -12.1 46 10.1 -6.2 251 28 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.7 2.74 11 500 5898 -8.9 -14.4 65 5.5 -10.9 262 30 322.2 322.7 291.9 330.6 2.51 12 450 6702 -16.3 -16.9 95 0.6 -16.4 273 32 322.8 323.2 291.8 330.4 2.26 13 400 7578 -21.8 -32.1 39 10.3 -23.8 262 24 326.6 326.7 291.4 329.0 0.65 14 350 8545 -29.7 -36.0 54 6.3 -30.6 247 23 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.50 15 300 9627 -37.3 -47.8 33 10.5 -38.1 240 21 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 16 250 10864 -45.2 -57.8 23 12.6 -45.7 213 16 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 12322 -55.3 -55.9 94 0.5 -55.4 346 29 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14110 -63.9 -65.7 78 1.8 -64.0 343 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.04 19 100 16625 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 199 7 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.19 m Freezing level: 567.10 mb = 4910.56 m = 16110.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 3982.44 m = 13065.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.68 % Est. max temperature: 38.82 C = 101.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.39 mb = 744.34 m = 2442.04 ft T: 25.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 24.45 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.29 mb = 3216.71 m = 10553.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.79 C = 110.83 F Cap Strength: 7.48 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 25.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2490.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 497.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.73 mb = 1579.70 m = 5182.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.73 mb = 4224.62 m = 13860.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.73 mb = 13091.14 m = 42949.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2489.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 398.2 neg: -22.8 tot: 375.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.09 Bulk Rich Number: 29.86 Bulk Shear: 83.41 m/s