MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.64,-95.95 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 961 374 27.6 17.6 54 10.1 20.6 166 10 304.2 306.7 295.2 343.8 13.27 2 950 474 29.3 17.3 49 11.9 20.9 170 20 306.9 309.3 295.9 346.6 13.21 3 900 956 29.5 14.4 40 15.1 19.1 192 41 311.9 314.1 296.0 347.3 11.52 4 850 1465 27.8 11.6 37 16.2 17.0 205 48 315.2 317.2 296.0 346.9 10.14 5 800 1998 23.4 9.9 42 13.5 14.6 215 45 316.0 317.9 295.8 346.1 9.60 6 750 2557 19.3 5.6 41 13.7 10.9 231 30 317.5 319.0 294.7 341.6 7.61 7 700 3146 15.0 1.1 39 13.9 7.1 235 22 319.0 320.2 293.9 338.1 5.93 8 650 3767 9.8 -3.5 39 13.3 2.9 235 20 320.1 321.0 293.0 334.9 4.55 9 600 4425 4.3 -9.8 35 14.2 -2.0 238 18 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.1 3.02 10 550 5125 -2.2 -11.9 47 9.7 -6.2 239 18 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.8 2.79 11 500 5872 -9.2 -13.3 72 4.2 -10.8 249 19 321.8 322.4 292.0 331.0 2.73 12 450 6678 -14.5 -26.1 37 11.6 -17.5 247 17 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.5 1.01 13 400 7562 -19.6 -38.5 17 19.0 -22.7 231 22 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.9 0.34 14 350 8540 -26.4 -43.5 19 17.0 -28.5 234 28 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 15 300 9633 -35.3 -44.7 38 9.4 -36.2 229 26 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.24 16 250 10876 -45.5 -54.1 37 8.6 -45.9 234 29 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.10 17 200 12322 -57.6 -61.0 65 3.4 -57.7 247 34 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14108 -60.5 -73.8 16 13.2 -60.7 240 35 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16639 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.8 186 11 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.40 m Freezing level: 566.72 mb = 4890.90 m = 16046.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.63 mb = 4147.30 m = 13606.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.93 % Est. max temperature: 39.14 C = 102.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.91 mb = 1675.22 m = 5496.05 ft T: 26.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.27 mb = 3750.79 m = 12305.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.26 C = 109.87 F Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.21 C Showalter Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1445.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 491.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.50 mb = 2654.49 m = 8708.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.50 mb = 4608.32 m = 15118.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.50 mb = 12755.76 m = 41849.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1438.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.50 mb = 15685.61 m = 51461.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.1 neg: -10.8 tot: 409.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.79 Bulk Rich Number: 32.05 Bulk Shear: 45.09 m/s