MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.39,-93.19 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 979 284 31.5 21.8 57 9.6 24.3 174 10 306.5 309.7 298.2 357.7 17.04 2 950 547 27.9 20.3 63 7.6 22.4 177 14 305.5 308.4 297.3 353.2 15.96 3 900 1025 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 180 14 305.6 308.5 297.3 353.0 15.85 4 850 1522 19.5 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 188 13 306.5 309.4 297.0 351.8 15.05 5 800 2045 19.6 11.4 59 8.2 14.2 209 17 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.8 10.63 6 750 2598 16.3 7.9 57 8.5 11.0 225 17 314.3 316.0 294.8 342.2 8.94 7 700 3181 12.9 -3.8 31 16.7 4.4 233 15 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.12 8 650 3798 8.2 -8.9 29 17.1 0.4 236 17 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.1 2.99 9 600 4452 2.5 -8.3 45 10.8 -2.4 259 20 319.0 319.6 291.7 330.2 3.41 10 550 5148 -3.8 -8.1 72 4.3 -5.7 279 28 319.6 320.4 292.3 332.0 3.79 11 500 5892 -9.5 -13.8 71 4.3 -11.2 286 30 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.2 2.62 12 450 6698 -14.7 -23.6 47 8.9 -17.1 276 28 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.2 1.27 13 400 7580 -20.6 -28.0 51 7.5 -22.2 273 19 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.7 0.95 14 350 8554 -27.5 -31.1 71 3.6 -28.2 267 15 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.6 0.81 15 300 9643 -36.4 -40.1 69 3.7 -36.8 281 13 334.1 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.39 16 250 10879 -46.6 -51.7 56 5.1 -46.9 302 13 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.13 17 200 12321 -57.9 -59.6 81 1.7 -57.9 250 20 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 14102 -60.6 -72.7 19 12.1 -60.7 262 29 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16643 -60.1 -84.0 3 23.9 -60.4 247 8 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.11 m Freezing level: 580.13 mb = 4728.41 m = 15512.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3881.68 m = 12735.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.80 C = 92.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.63 mb = 1504.90 m = 4937.27 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.29 C/km ThetaE index: 29.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2537.98 m = 8326.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.00 C = 102.20 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -7.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 27.12 C K Index: 29.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2911.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.17 mb = 1530.00 m = 5019.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.17 mb = 3618.77 m = 11872.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.17 mb = 13543.20 m = 44432.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2866.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 59.57 Bulk Shear: 48.87 m/s