MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.36,-94.54 Latitude: 44.36 Longitude: -94.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 983 312 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 159 10 293.0 295.3 292.0 331.0 13.40 2 950 609 18.3 16.9 91 1.4 17.4 182 25 295.8 298.1 292.4 332.7 12.84 3 900 1075 18.8 14.2 75 4.6 15.8 202 26 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.3 11.38 4 850 1564 16.5 12.7 78 3.8 14.1 217 23 303.5 305.5 293.3 336.0 10.94 5 800 2080 14.1 10.7 80 3.4 11.9 238 20 306.2 308.1 293.5 336.7 10.13 6 750 2624 12.6 5.8 63 6.8 8.5 266 19 310.2 311.7 292.8 333.9 7.71 7 700 3199 8.0 3.1 71 4.9 5.2 268 19 311.3 312.6 292.4 332.5 6.84 8 650 3806 3.1 0.5 83 2.6 1.7 261 19 312.5 313.6 292.2 331.6 6.12 9 600 4450 -1.5 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 255 20 314.4 315.4 292.1 331.4 5.41 10 550 5139 -5.4 -6.0 95 0.7 -5.7 262 23 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.0 4.43 11 500 5882 -9.6 -10.2 95 0.7 -9.9 271 27 321.4 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.51 12 450 6688 -14.4 -14.8 97 0.4 -14.5 276 30 325.1 325.7 292.9 334.3 2.70 13 400 7571 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 274 25 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.2 1.90 14 350 8546 -27.7 -27.7 100 -0.0 -27.7 269 20 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.5 1.12 15 300 9634 -36.5 -36.5 100 -0.0 -36.5 249 17 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.0 0.56 16 250 10868 -47.2 -47.2 100 -0.0 -47.2 240 21 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 17 200 12305 -57.1 -60.0 70 2.9 -57.2 262 28 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.06 18 150 14123 -56.8 -77.4 6 20.5 -57.1 276 24 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16673 -59.8 -84.5 3 24.7 -60.1 236 5 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.51 m Freezing level: 616.46 mb = 4238.40 m = 13905.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.34 mb = 4104.71 m = 13466.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.16 mb = 349.22 m = 1145.71 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 5.24 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.78 mb = 2615.63 m = 8581.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.93 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 301.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.75 mb = 1096.05 m = 3595.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.75 mb = 4281.17 m = 14045.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.75 mb = 5685.66 m = 18653.51 ft B at Equ Level: 41.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.75 mb = 7519.92 m = 24671.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 209.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 72.43 m/s