MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-93.11 Latitude: 44.85 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 67 SFC 975 289 30.1 22.6 64 7.5 24.6 174 14 305.4 308.8 298.5 359.3 17.98 2 950 520 26.6 20.8 70 5.9 22.4 177 25 304.2 307.3 297.3 353.2 16.47 3 900 996 22.6 19.2 81 3.4 20.2 183 26 304.8 307.8 297.0 351.8 15.74 4 850 1497 25.8 11.0 39 14.8 16.1 195 27 313.2 315.0 295.1 343.3 9.73 5 800 2028 23.8 0.9 22 22.9 10.7 198 22 316.6 317.5 292.5 332.9 5.10 6 750 2588 20.4 -8.0 14 28.4 6.5 195 20 318.7 319.3 291.1 327.9 2.79 7 700 3176 15.4 -8.5 18 23.8 3.9 209 15 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.0 2.88 8 650 3797 9.7 -8.9 26 18.6 1.0 229 14 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.8 3.00 9 600 4454 3.8 -10.4 35 14.1 -2.4 237 12 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.1 2.89 10 550 5152 -2.6 -12.0 48 9.4 -6.4 259 14 321.0 321.6 291.8 330.2 2.77 11 500 5899 -9.0 -14.5 64 5.5 -11.1 274 21 322.1 322.5 291.8 330.4 2.49 12 450 6706 -14.8 -20.6 61 5.8 -16.5 263 16 324.6 325.0 291.8 330.3 1.66 13 400 7587 -20.5 -35.4 25 15.0 -23.1 270 18 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.47 14 350 8561 -27.7 -39.3 32 11.6 -29.3 279 18 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.36 15 300 9649 -36.0 -39.1 73 3.0 -36.4 275 20 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.43 16 250 10889 -45.4 -50.6 56 5.2 -45.7 241 16 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.15 17 200 12339 -56.3 -62.5 46 6.2 -56.4 256 18 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14130 -62.7 -71.3 31 8.6 -62.8 291 31 362.0 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16643 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.5 -61.9 188 6 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.63 m Freezing level: 570.29 mb = 4868.70 m = 15973.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.31 mb = 3984.58 m = 13072.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.67 % Est. max temperature: 39.42 C = 102.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.04 mb = 1242.18 m = 4075.35 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 31.38 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.90 mb = 3177.37 m = 10424.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.07 C = 111.33 F Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lifted Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 21.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2481.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 487.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.34 mb = 1462.20 m = 4797.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.34 mb = 4075.04 m = 13369.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.34 mb = 13411.85 m = 44001.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2459.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.6 neg: -22.8 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 95.99 Bulk Shear: 25.85 m/s