MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.17,-95.16 Latitude: 44.17 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 971 381 26.4 23.2 83 3.2 24.0 156 11 302.0 305.5 298.2 357.5 18.76 2 950 577 25.5 21.7 79 3.8 22.8 163 20 303.1 306.3 297.7 355.0 17.48 3 900 1051 22.0 19.8 87 2.2 20.4 184 23 304.2 307.2 297.3 352.9 16.35 4 850 1547 19.2 17.2 88 2.0 17.8 215 25 306.3 309.0 296.7 350.4 14.68 5 800 2067 16.4 15.0 91 1.4 15.5 227 30 308.7 311.2 296.5 349.7 13.53 6 750 2619 17.8 4.9 42 12.9 10.0 235 31 315.9 317.2 294.0 338.7 7.23 7 700 3206 14.3 -3.7 29 18.0 4.9 242 28 318.3 319.1 292.2 331.8 4.17 8 650 3825 9.1 -5.6 35 14.7 1.8 249 26 319.2 320.0 292.2 331.8 3.86 9 600 4481 3.2 -8.3 42 11.5 -2.0 259 22 319.9 320.5 292.0 331.1 3.41 10 550 5178 -3.0 -13.1 45 10.1 -7.0 263 23 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.0 2.54 11 500 5924 -9.6 -17.0 55 7.3 -12.2 264 30 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.1 2.02 12 450 6726 -16.1 -23.2 54 7.1 -18.0 272 32 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.5 1.31 13 400 7602 -22.1 -29.9 49 7.7 -23.7 285 32 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.80 14 350 8571 -28.9 -41.4 29 12.5 -30.4 264 20 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.29 15 300 9653 -37.9 -45.1 47 7.1 -38.5 245 22 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.23 16 250 10881 -48.1 -50.9 72 2.8 -48.2 244 28 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12323 -56.2 -62.3 46 6.1 -56.3 269 30 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14132 -59.4 -75.2 11 15.8 -59.6 253 21 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16676 -58.8 -84.6 2 25.8 -59.2 242 10 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.65 m Freezing level: 573.84 mb = 4845.76 m = 15897.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4124.71 m = 13532.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.15 mb = 780.79 m = 2561.61 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 29.97 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1511.24 m = 4958.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -8.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 26.84 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3097.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.35 mb = 1213.11 m = 3979.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.35 mb = 3973.34 m = 13035.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.35 mb = 13406.35 m = 43983.55 ft B at Equ Level: 3053.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 255.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.65 Bulk Rich Number: 31.32 Bulk Shear: 98.88 m/s