MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.1,-93.43 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 968 346 27.7 24.8 84 2.9 25.6 166 16 303.7 307.6 299.8 365.9 20.82 2 950 508 27.6 23.5 78 4.1 24.6 168 29 305.2 308.9 299.5 364.0 19.59 3 900 987 25.8 18.8 65 7.0 20.8 188 33 308.1 311.0 297.6 354.6 15.37 4 850 1491 25.2 12.4 45 12.8 16.6 216 28 312.5 314.6 295.6 345.5 10.70 5 800 2022 23.3 5.7 32 17.6 12.5 244 28 316.0 317.4 294.0 338.8 7.21 6 750 2581 19.6 0.8 28 18.8 8.9 273 20 317.9 318.9 293.1 335.1 5.40 7 700 3169 14.5 -0.7 35 15.1 6.1 272 21 318.5 319.5 293.1 335.3 5.21 8 650 3789 8.8 -1.8 47 10.6 3.1 256 25 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.6 5.17 9 600 4444 3.5 -6.8 47 10.3 -1.4 245 32 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.7 3.83 10 550 5144 -2.1 -9.8 55 7.7 -5.4 247 36 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.6 3.30 11 500 5892 -8.6 -10.7 85 2.1 -9.5 253 39 322.5 323.2 292.7 333.7 3.38 12 450 6700 -14.2 -15.0 94 0.8 -14.5 262 37 325.4 326.0 292.9 334.5 2.66 13 400 7585 -19.7 -20.0 97 0.3 -19.8 258 32 329.4 329.7 293.3 336.1 1.95 14 350 8563 -26.4 -27.0 95 0.5 -26.5 247 21 333.1 333.4 293.7 337.5 1.20 15 300 9657 -35.4 -35.7 97 0.3 -35.5 220 22 335.4 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.61 16 250 10898 -45.8 -45.9 99 0.1 -45.8 234 24 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12343 -57.6 -57.7 99 0.1 -57.6 209 24 341.5 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.08 18 150 14135 -59.7 -71.1 21 11.4 -59.9 233 27 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.02 19 100 16652 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 198 9 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.11 m Freezing level: 568.69 mb = 4882.29 m = 16017.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.37 mb = 4237.22 m = 13901.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.97 % Est. max temperature: 38.67 C = 101.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.29 mb = 713.08 m = 2339.47 ft T: 26.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 30.75 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.21 mb = 2926.28 m = 9600.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.13 C = 107.83 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: -8.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3306.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 322.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.99 mb = 1605.25 m = 5266.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.99 mb = 3610.43 m = 11845.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.99 mb = 13579.09 m = 44550.28 ft B at Equ Level: 3288.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.8 neg: -2.6 tot: 290.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.04 Bulk Rich Number: 24.02 Bulk Shear: 137.66 m/s