MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 44.91,-93.11 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 979 285 20.4 19.9 97 0.4 20.1 217 6 295.3 298.0 294.0 338.7 15.13 2 950 548 19.4 17.9 91 1.5 18.4 226 15 296.9 299.3 293.4 336.5 13.72 3 900 1013 17.8 14.7 82 3.0 15.8 232 18 299.8 302.0 292.9 334.3 11.79 4 850 1501 15.1 13.3 89 1.8 14.0 233 19 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.6 11.39 5 800 2014 12.8 11.7 93 1.2 12.1 239 19 304.8 306.9 293.7 337.3 10.86 6 750 2555 10.5 9.6 94 0.9 9.9 260 18 307.9 309.8 293.9 338.4 10.04 7 700 3129 8.7 6.2 84 2.6 7.2 275 22 312.2 313.8 293.9 338.5 8.51 8 650 3740 5.8 1.2 72 4.6 3.2 264 33 315.6 316.8 293.3 335.9 6.44 9 600 4392 2.0 -4.3 63 6.4 -1.1 256 48 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.4 4.63 10 550 5088 -2.8 -10.5 55 7.7 -6.1 258 51 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.2 3.13 11 500 5835 -8.4 -18.5 44 10.1 -11.8 258 57 322.8 323.1 291.4 328.9 1.78 12 450 6643 -14.5 -22.8 49 8.3 -16.8 258 58 325.0 325.3 291.6 329.8 1.36 13 400 7525 -20.1 -30.6 39 10.5 -22.2 259 52 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.7 0.75 14 350 8503 -26.3 -35.2 43 8.9 -27.7 251 49 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.55 15 300 9600 -33.7 -35.3 85 1.7 -33.9 232 50 337.9 338.1 294.4 340.3 0.63 16 250 10856 -42.3 -42.9 94 0.6 -42.4 213 53 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.5 0.35 17 200 12326 -53.9 -55.2 85 1.4 -53.9 203 55 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.11 18 150 14118 -65.0 -70.6 46 5.5 -65.1 233 67 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.02 19 100 16628 -58.2 -85.0 2 26.8 -58.5 242 25 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.85 m Freezing level: 578.72 mb = 4687.99 m = 15380.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.61 mb = 4222.27 m = 13852.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.52 mb = 336.54 m = 1104.12 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 4.38 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1438.25 m = 4718.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 274.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.14 mb = 992.52 m = 3256.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 487.14 mb = 6035.24 m = 19800.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 387.14 mb = 7764.36 m = 25473.32 ft B at Equ Level: 41.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.14 mb = 8983.56 m = 29473.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 78.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 66.43 m/s