MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.57,-93.16 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 973 302 30.2 25.3 75 4.9 26.5 177 15 305.7 309.7 300.5 369.9 21.32 2 950 514 27.5 22.9 76 4.6 24.1 180 25 305.1 308.6 299.0 361.4 18.79 3 900 992 23.2 20.6 86 2.5 21.3 186 30 305.4 308.6 298.1 357.1 17.26 4 850 1493 26.4 9.6 35 16.8 15.5 212 32 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.4 8.88 5 800 2026 24.0 5.6 31 18.4 12.7 216 28 316.7 318.1 294.1 339.3 7.15 6 750 2585 20.3 -4.7 18 25.0 7.3 212 20 318.6 319.3 291.8 330.4 3.60 7 700 3175 15.7 -9.6 17 25.3 3.8 215 17 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.6 2.64 8 650 3796 10.0 -10.7 22 20.7 0.7 220 17 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.8 2.59 9 600 4453 4.2 -12.9 28 17.1 -2.9 227 16 321.0 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.36 10 550 5153 -2.0 -15.5 35 13.5 -7.1 248 15 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.8 2.08 11 500 5901 -8.8 -15.1 60 6.3 -11.1 262 15 322.3 322.8 291.8 330.3 2.37 12 450 6708 -14.4 -19.2 67 4.8 -15.9 268 16 325.1 325.5 292.1 331.5 1.86 13 400 7592 -19.8 -25.6 59 5.9 -21.2 289 17 329.3 329.6 292.7 333.5 1.19 14 350 8568 -27.3 -31.7 66 4.4 -28.1 283 19 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.77 15 300 9657 -36.2 -39.7 70 3.5 -36.5 271 22 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.41 16 250 10896 -45.5 -54.2 37 8.6 -45.9 289 34 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.10 17 200 12349 -55.5 -67.5 21 12.0 -55.7 280 32 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14146 -62.7 -77.1 13 14.4 -62.9 297 30 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16647 -62.7 -84.2 4 21.4 -62.9 243 14 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.24 m Freezing level: 566.08 mb = 4927.89 m = 16167.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.78 mb = 3913.27 m = 12838.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.61 % Est. max temperature: 39.75 C = 103.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.34 mb = 919.88 m = 3017.95 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 41.27 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.89 mb = 2971.02 m = 9747.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.81 C = 110.86 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: -8.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 19.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3418.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 380.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.54 mb = 1344.37 m = 4410.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.54 mb = 3801.75 m = 12472.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.54 mb = 14164.65 m = 46471.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3368.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.5 neg: -28.0 tot: 134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.47 Bulk Rich Number: 127.04 Bulk Shear: 26.91 m/s