MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.58,-93.35 Latitude: 44.58 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 58 SFC 972 309 30.9 25.2 72 5.7 26.6 191 15 306.5 310.4 300.7 370.5 21.20 2 950 513 28.2 23.0 73 5.3 24.3 193 25 305.8 309.4 299.2 362.6 18.91 3 900 991 23.7 21.0 85 2.7 21.8 196 30 305.9 309.2 298.5 359.1 17.69 4 850 1492 25.8 11.5 41 14.3 16.4 215 37 313.2 315.1 295.4 344.5 10.11 5 800 2025 23.8 7.4 35 16.5 13.4 219 36 316.6 318.1 294.8 342.0 8.08 6 750 2584 19.5 4.9 38 14.6 10.6 227 31 317.7 319.1 294.5 340.7 7.25 7 700 3173 15.7 -7.8 19 23.4 4.3 225 24 319.9 320.4 291.7 329.9 3.05 8 650 3795 10.6 -12.6 18 23.2 0.5 214 21 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.4 2.23 9 600 4454 4.3 -11.1 32 15.4 -2.4 221 18 321.1 321.7 291.8 330.3 2.74 10 550 5153 -2.2 -10.0 55 7.8 -5.6 235 14 321.4 322.1 292.3 332.2 3.26 11 500 5901 -9.0 -11.3 84 2.3 -9.9 239 13 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.8 3.24 12 450 6707 -15.2 -16.6 89 1.4 -15.6 237 10 324.2 324.6 292.3 332.1 2.33 13 400 7586 -21.1 -29.2 48 8.1 -22.8 261 15 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.85 14 350 8557 -28.7 -35.5 52 6.8 -29.7 253 8 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.0 0.53 15 300 9641 -37.1 -42.3 58 5.2 -37.6 231 11 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.31 16 250 10875 -46.8 -54.2 42 7.4 -47.1 253 8 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12322 -56.5 -63.1 43 6.6 -56.6 205 22 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14106 -62.9 -70.4 35 7.5 -63.0 218 16 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16635 -59.4 -84.2 3 24.8 -59.7 198 12 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.55 m Freezing level: 566.93 mb = 4916.25 m = 16129.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.49 mb = 3903.61 m = 12806.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.05 % Est. max temperature: 39.35 C = 102.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.24 mb = 1027.64 m = 3371.47 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.05 C/km ThetaE index: 42.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.46 mb = 2856.37 m = 9371.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.01 C = 109.41 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: -9.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 22.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4030.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.38 mb = 1385.83 m = 4546.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.38 mb = 3853.92 m = 12643.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.38 mb = 14301.09 m = 46919.02 ft B at Equ Level: 3966.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.1 neg: -18.2 tot: 152.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.21 Bulk Rich Number: 292.72 Bulk Shear: 13.77 m/s