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: 45.54,-93.73 Latitude: 45.54 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 971 308 24.9 22.9 89 2.0 23.5 161 12 300.5 303.9 297.6 354.6 18.40 2 950 502 24.1 22.4 90 1.7 22.9 166 23 301.7 305.0 297.8 355.5 18.22 3 900 977 24.6 18.5 69 6.2 20.2 198 41 306.9 309.7 297.1 352.1 15.02 4 850 1480 25.5 13.4 47 12.1 17.3 215 39 312.9 315.1 296.3 348.3 11.46 5 800 2011 22.5 9.8 44 12.7 14.3 228 38 315.1 317.0 295.5 345.0 9.55 6 750 2569 19.3 2.0 32 17.3 9.3 230 37 317.5 318.6 293.4 336.3 5.90 7 700 3157 15.0 -3.5 28 18.4 5.3 231 38 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.8 4.23 8 650 3778 9.8 -5.2 34 15.1 2.2 238 39 320.1 320.9 292.6 333.1 3.98 9 600 4436 4.0 -5.7 49 9.7 -0.8 240 38 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.3 4.16 10 550 5135 -2.1 -12.3 46 10.2 -6.2 241 37 321.6 322.2 291.9 330.7 2.71 11 500 5883 -9.2 -13.4 72 4.2 -10.8 248 39 321.8 322.4 292.0 330.9 2.73 12 450 6688 -15.6 -15.9 98 0.3 -15.7 255 42 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.9 2.45 13 400 7564 -22.6 -29.4 54 6.8 -24.0 256 36 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.6 0.84 14 350 8530 -29.6 -36.1 53 6.5 -30.5 243 30 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.50 15 300 9610 -37.7 -43.6 54 5.9 -38.2 224 27 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.27 16 250 10846 -45.0 -46.8 82 1.8 -45.2 207 18 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.23 17 200 12307 -54.9 -54.9 99 0.0 -54.9 318 43 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.4 0.11 18 150 14094 -62.0 -65.3 64 3.4 -62.0 314 33 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.5 0.04 19 100 16624 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.3 189 9 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.54 m Freezing level: 567.09 mb = 4896.39 m = 16064.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.14 mb = 4258.04 m = 13969.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.47 % Est. max temperature: 38.41 C = 101.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.96 mb = 557.98 m = 1830.63 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.16 mb = 3034.48 m = 9955.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.96 C = 109.34 F Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lifted Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2738.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 440.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.77 mb = 1369.48 m = 4492.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.77 mb = 4090.50 m = 13420.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.77 mb = 13109.66 m = 43010.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2730.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 453.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.60 Bulk Rich Number: 21.32 Bulk Shear: 128.45 m/s