MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 45.09,-93.25 Latitude: 45.09 Longitude: -93.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 983 283 22.3 17.1 72 5.3 18.8 230 3 297.0 299.2 292.6 333.2 12.54 2 950 579 20.7 14.6 68 6.2 16.7 243 6 298.2 300.2 291.8 330.3 11.03 3 900 1044 16.4 13.4 82 3.1 14.5 260 6 298.5 300.4 291.6 329.8 10.76 4 850 1528 12.9 10.9 87 2.0 11.6 283 7 299.7 301.4 291.2 328.0 9.66 5 800 2036 10.5 5.3 71 5.1 7.6 287 12 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.3 7.01 6 750 2571 7.1 0.3 62 6.8 3.5 289 16 304.2 305.2 288.8 320.0 5.20 7 700 3134 3.3 -5.7 52 9.0 -0.7 293 18 306.1 306.8 287.8 317.3 3.58 8 650 3731 -0.5 -9.2 52 8.7 -4.1 303 19 308.4 308.9 288.0 317.6 2.93 9 600 4366 -4.3 -17.4 35 13.1 -8.6 307 23 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.5 1.63 10 550 5047 -8.2 -20.6 36 12.4 -11.9 310 25 314.4 314.6 288.4 318.9 1.35 11 500 5779 -13.2 -23.2 43 10.0 -15.9 314 28 316.9 317.2 289.0 321.0 1.18 12 450 6573 -18.8 -28.4 42 9.7 -20.8 314 31 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.5 0.81 13 400 7439 -25.4 -33.3 47 7.9 -26.6 309 35 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.58 14 350 8392 -33.4 -39.0 57 5.7 -34.0 314 38 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.37 15 300 9455 -41.6 -44.4 74 2.8 -41.8 319 41 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.25 16 250 10665 -51.6 -52.3 93 0.6 -51.7 324 45 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.12 17 200 12105 -51.9 -68.8 12 16.8 -52.3 318 54 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 13956 -54.6 -81.6 2 27.0 -54.9 319 54 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16531 -57.5 -85.0 2 27.6 -57.9 331 37 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.53 m Freezing level: 656.84 mb = 3649.48 m = 11973.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.67 mb = 3033.88 m = 9953.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.48 mb = 953.93 m = 3129.64 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1512.76 m = 4963.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 76.99 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 614.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.91 mb = 1332.18 m = 4370.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.91 mb = 2407.90 m = 7899.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.91 mb = 10797.43 m = 35424.20 ft B at Equ Level: 605.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.91 mb = 12610.08 m = 41371.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.7 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 331.7 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 19.21 Bulk Shear: 31.98 m/s