MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-93.35 Latitude: 44.85 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 121 SFC 981 293 24.9 22.1 84 2.8 22.9 174 9 299.8 303.0 296.8 350.6 17.38 2 950 569 21.9 20.4 91 1.5 20.8 181 16 299.4 302.3 295.8 346.4 16.08 3 900 1038 21.5 17.0 76 4.5 18.4 211 22 303.7 306.2 295.4 344.4 13.71 4 850 1535 20.5 15.2 72 5.3 16.8 219 20 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.4 12.87 5 800 2058 19.0 11.4 61 7.6 14.0 206 18 311.4 313.4 295.3 344.1 10.63 6 750 2610 15.7 5.1 49 10.7 9.3 210 15 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.6 7.34 7 700 3192 11.8 -2.1 38 13.9 4.5 235 12 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.6 4.69 8 650 3807 7.4 -7.0 35 14.4 0.5 263 13 317.3 318.0 291.3 328.6 3.47 9 600 4459 1.9 -9.8 41 11.8 -3.2 271 17 318.4 318.9 291.2 328.3 3.02 10 550 5153 -4.2 -13.3 49 9.1 -7.7 268 20 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.49 11 500 5895 -10.2 -15.9 63 5.6 -12.2 269 19 320.5 321.0 291.2 328.0 2.22 12 450 6699 -15.1 -21.9 56 6.8 -17.0 271 18 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.4 1.47 13 400 7579 -21.1 -26.3 63 5.2 -22.3 259 20 327.6 327.8 292.2 331.6 1.12 14 350 8551 -27.4 -32.2 64 4.8 -28.3 257 17 331.8 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.73 15 300 9643 -35.4 -41.0 57 5.6 -36.0 276 18 335.5 335.6 293.6 336.9 0.35 16 250 10885 -45.5 -49.2 66 3.7 -45.7 280 19 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.17 17 200 12334 -56.2 -58.1 79 1.9 -56.2 254 22 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 18 150 14108 -64.6 -68.8 56 4.2 -64.7 274 27 358.7 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16635 -59.2 -84.3 2 25.1 -59.5 288 7 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.59 m Freezing level: 584.19 mb = 4678.26 m = 15348.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.71 mb = 3898.56 m = 12790.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.13 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.62 mb = 645.68 m = 2118.36 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.04 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2610.03 m = 8563.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.75 C = 101.76 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1507.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 288.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.30 mb = 1142.20 m = 3747.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.30 mb = 4135.33 m = 13567.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.30 mb = 12837.93 m = 42118.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1487.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.30 mb = 15801.89 m = 51842.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.9 neg: -23.0 tot: 71.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 50.78 Bulk Shear: 29.68 m/s