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: 44.17,-93.35 Latitude: 44.17 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 968 344 27.8 24.8 84 3.0 25.6 166 16 303.7 307.6 299.8 365.7 20.75 2 950 509 27.5 23.5 79 4.1 24.5 168 27 305.1 308.8 299.4 363.6 19.50 3 900 988 25.3 19.3 69 6.1 21.0 187 32 307.6 310.6 297.8 355.4 15.83 4 850 1491 24.9 12.1 45 12.8 16.4 219 27 312.2 314.2 295.4 344.6 10.49 5 800 2022 23.0 5.9 33 17.1 12.5 245 28 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.6 7.29 6 750 2580 19.3 1.5 30 17.8 9.1 268 21 317.5 318.6 293.3 335.7 5.70 7 700 3168 14.4 -0.1 37 14.5 6.3 267 23 318.5 319.5 293.3 335.9 5.43 8 650 3787 8.9 -1.7 47 10.6 3.2 255 27 319.0 320.0 293.3 335.8 5.21 9 600 4443 3.5 -6.9 46 10.4 -1.4 245 31 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.6 3.79 10 550 5142 -2.1 -10.2 54 8.1 -5.6 248 31 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.2 3.19 11 500 5891 -8.5 -11.3 80 2.8 -9.6 253 36 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.4 3.23 12 450 6700 -14.1 -15.1 92 1.0 -14.4 260 37 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.5 2.64 13 400 7585 -19.6 -20.1 95 0.5 -19.7 256 30 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.3 1.93 14 350 8563 -26.5 -27.7 90 1.2 -26.8 241 19 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.12 15 300 9657 -35.4 -35.9 95 0.6 -35.4 219 22 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.8 0.59 16 250 10898 -45.7 -46.0 97 0.3 -45.7 233 24 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12344 -57.6 -57.7 98 0.2 -57.6 210 23 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.08 18 150 14135 -59.8 -71.3 21 11.5 -60.0 232 26 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.02 19 100 16651 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 197 9 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.20 m Freezing level: 568.72 mb = 4880.68 m = 16012.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.41 mb = 4235.47 m = 13895.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.13 % Est. max temperature: 38.35 C = 101.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.60 mb = 720.62 m = 2364.22 ft T: 26.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 29.93 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.41 mb = 2875.52 m = 9434.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.91 C = 107.45 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 30.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3314.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 304.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.67 mb = 1546.11 m = 5072.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.67 mb = 3663.77 m = 12020.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.67 mb = 13745.61 m = 45096.60 ft B at Equ Level: 3274.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 285.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.94 Bulk Rich Number: 26.18 Bulk Shear: 126.63 m/s