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: 45.02,-95.49 Latitude: 45.02 Longitude: -95.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 969 319 28.3 24.3 79 4.0 25.3 146 14 304.2 307.9 299.5 364.2 20.09 2 950 492 28.7 22.4 69 6.2 24.0 152 25 306.3 309.7 299.0 361.2 18.27 3 900 973 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.6 173 31 308.2 311.3 298.4 358.5 16.63 4 850 1476 24.3 16.5 62 7.8 18.8 209 35 311.6 314.3 297.6 354.7 14.04 5 800 2006 21.5 12.5 57 9.0 15.4 219 48 314.0 316.2 296.5 349.5 11.45 6 750 2564 19.6 5.2 39 14.5 10.8 228 45 317.9 319.3 294.7 341.4 7.40 7 700 3154 15.6 -0.4 33 16.0 6.6 232 37 319.7 320.8 293.5 336.8 5.30 8 650 3776 10.6 -3.5 37 14.1 3.2 244 22 320.9 321.8 293.2 335.7 4.53 9 600 4436 5.0 -7.7 39 12.7 -1.0 260 20 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.6 3.56 10 550 5138 -1.4 -9.4 55 7.9 -5.0 260 23 322.4 323.0 292.7 333.7 3.42 11 500 5887 -8.7 -11.3 81 2.7 -9.7 261 23 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.2 3.22 12 450 6694 -14.8 -18.3 74 3.5 -16.0 248 25 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.4 2.00 13 400 7575 -20.8 -35.5 25 14.7 -23.4 245 25 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.46 14 350 8548 -27.8 -41.4 26 13.5 -29.5 234 24 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.29 15 300 9635 -36.4 -43.7 47 7.3 -37.1 232 27 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.1 0.27 16 250 10873 -45.9 -51.1 56 5.1 -46.2 223 31 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.14 17 200 12321 -57.2 -61.3 59 4.1 -57.3 227 27 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14110 -60.4 -73.6 16 13.3 -60.5 245 40 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16641 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.2 -61.3 223 20 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.02 m Freezing level: 561.22 mb = 4980.42 m = 16339.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.27 mb = 4269.28 m = 14006.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 37.11 C = 98.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.30 mb = 832.50 m = 2731.27 ft T: 26.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 30.60 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2946.24 m = 9666.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.06 C = 109.50 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: -8.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.94 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 33.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3716.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 273.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.82 mb = 1560.72 m = 5120.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.82 mb = 3945.10 m = 12943.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.82 mb = 13833.05 m = 45383.46 ft B at Equ Level: 3684.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 497.3 neg: -8.3 tot: 488.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.15 Bulk Rich Number: 27.23 Bulk Shear: 136.51 m/s