MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-95.24 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 968 327 28.5 24.3 78 4.3 25.4 151 14 304.5 308.2 299.6 364.6 20.11 2 950 496 28.3 23.0 73 5.3 24.3 155 25 305.9 309.4 299.2 362.7 18.92 3 900 976 25.9 19.9 69 6.1 21.5 178 31 308.2 311.3 298.3 358.0 16.42 4 850 1480 24.9 15.6 56 9.3 18.4 211 36 312.2 314.7 297.3 352.8 13.21 5 800 2010 22.1 11.3 51 10.7 15.0 220 47 314.7 316.7 296.1 347.7 10.60 6 750 2569 19.8 4.1 35 15.7 10.3 228 44 318.1 319.4 294.3 339.9 6.86 7 700 3158 15.3 -0.2 35 15.5 6.7 231 37 319.5 320.5 293.6 336.9 5.41 8 650 3780 10.2 -3.0 39 13.2 3.2 238 28 320.5 321.4 293.3 335.9 4.73 9 600 4440 4.7 -6.1 46 10.7 -0.6 262 20 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.8 4.05 10 550 5141 -1.8 -7.9 63 6.1 -4.6 266 21 322.0 322.7 293.0 334.6 3.84 11 500 5890 -8.5 -10.8 83 2.3 -9.5 264 24 322.6 323.3 292.7 333.7 3.35 12 450 6697 -14.6 -18.5 72 4.0 -15.9 253 25 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.7 1.97 13 400 7579 -20.6 -31.4 37 10.8 -22.8 238 23 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.8 0.69 14 350 8552 -27.9 -41.3 27 13.4 -29.6 237 22 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.29 15 300 9640 -36.4 -41.0 63 4.6 -36.8 232 25 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.35 16 250 10879 -45.8 -47.9 79 2.1 -45.9 226 30 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.8 0.20 17 200 12326 -57.3 -59.9 72 2.7 -57.3 225 29 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 18 150 14114 -60.3 -73.3 17 13.0 -60.4 248 40 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16643 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.2 -61.3 228 19 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.90 m Freezing level: 563.67 mb = 4949.13 m = 16237.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.43 mb = 4338.29 m = 14233.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.17 % Est. max temperature: 37.73 C = 99.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.81 mb = 869.94 m = 2854.10 ft T: 26.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 33.88 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.75 mb = 2932.58 m = 9621.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.87 C = 109.17 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: -8.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 579.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3729.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.76 mb = 1565.31 m = 5135.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.76 mb = 3821.60 m = 12537.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.76 mb = 13839.72 m = 45405.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3697.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 474.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 464.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.78 Bulk Rich Number: 28.37 Bulk Shear: 131.45 m/s