MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 44.37,-95.48 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 975 356 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 122 8 292.0 294.2 290.8 326.8 12.26 2 950 581 16.1 15.7 97 0.4 15.8 134 17 293.6 295.7 291.0 327.5 11.89 3 900 1041 14.9 13.7 92 1.2 14.1 138 11 296.9 298.9 291.4 328.8 11.03 4 850 1524 12.9 11.5 91 1.4 12.0 162 9 299.7 301.5 291.5 329.2 10.06 5 800 2033 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 180 6 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.2 8.46 6 750 2568 7.1 5.0 86 2.1 5.9 211 6 304.3 305.6 290.6 326.2 7.29 7 700 3133 3.5 2.8 96 0.6 3.1 212 6 306.3 307.6 290.8 326.7 6.72 8 650 3731 0.1 0.1 100 0.0 0.1 224 11 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.3 5.92 9 600 4371 -2.3 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 246 14 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.2 5.31 10 550 5059 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.7 255 18 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.44 11 500 5802 -9.4 -10.0 95 0.6 -9.6 263 25 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.5 3.59 12 450 6609 -14.2 -14.5 97 0.3 -14.3 284 24 325.4 326.0 293.0 334.8 2.76 13 400 7491 -20.4 -20.4 100 0.0 -20.4 279 16 328.4 328.8 293.0 335.0 1.88 14 350 8464 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 263 18 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.3 1.11 15 300 9552 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.6 274 27 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.56 16 250 10784 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 275 25 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12227 -53.7 -66.3 20 12.6 -53.9 289 58 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.03 18 150 14069 -56.1 -79.7 4 23.6 -56.4 304 56 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16592 -63.1 -84.1 4 21.0 -63.3 319 29 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.94 m Freezing level: 648.29 mb = 3753.09 m = 12313.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.41 mb = 3750.84 m = 12305.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.28 mb = 382.97 m = 1256.44 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.95 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1320.84 m = 4333.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 2.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 33.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.16 mb = 917.39 m = 3009.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.16 mb = 3038.08 m = 9967.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.16 mb = 4004.50 m = 13137.96 ft B at Equ Level: 28.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 568.16 mb = 4802.12 m = 15754.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -6.9 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 54.92 m/s