MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 46.87,-95 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 963 440 26.7 24.1 86 2.6 24.8 128 8 303.1 306.8 299.2 362.7 20.04 2 950 558 26.9 23.8 83 3.1 24.6 137 17 304.5 308.2 299.5 364.0 19.89 3 900 1038 26.4 19.7 67 6.7 21.5 180 24 308.7 311.8 298.3 358.0 16.25 4 850 1542 24.7 14.3 52 10.4 17.5 205 27 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.2 12.11 5 800 2072 21.9 9.6 46 12.2 14.0 234 28 314.5 316.3 295.3 343.9 9.45 6 750 2628 17.5 7.5 52 10.1 11.2 253 27 315.6 317.3 295.0 342.8 8.68 7 700 3213 12.3 5.6 63 6.8 8.2 264 27 316.2 317.7 294.8 341.8 8.17 8 650 3829 7.5 1.8 67 5.7 4.3 267 26 317.4 318.8 294.0 338.8 6.74 9 600 4483 2.3 -0.7 80 3.1 0.7 273 26 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.2 6.05 10 550 5181 -2.5 -2.7 98 0.2 -2.6 294 33 321.1 322.2 294.2 339.5 5.69 11 500 5930 -7.7 -12.1 71 4.4 -9.5 303 34 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.7 3.01 12 450 6743 -12.2 -20.0 52 7.9 -14.7 293 30 328.0 328.3 292.8 334.0 1.73 13 400 7633 -18.2 -27.4 44 9.2 -20.4 279 33 331.3 331.5 293.0 335.0 1.01 14 350 8618 -24.6 -34.3 40 9.7 -26.3 276 35 335.6 335.7 293.8 337.8 0.60 15 300 9720 -33.1 -40.3 48 7.2 -33.9 274 36 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.3 0.38 16 250 10977 -42.7 -53.8 28 11.1 -43.3 288 28 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.10 17 200 12440 -55.0 -61.9 42 6.9 -55.2 303 17 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14225 -66.4 -70.6 56 4.2 -66.5 294 19 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16683 -60.8 -84.8 3 24.0 -61.0 305 22 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.58 m Freezing level: 575.98 mb = 4818.59 m = 15808.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.88 mb = 4619.79 m = 15156.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.98 % Est. max temperature: 37.30 C = 99.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.94 mb = 766.61 m = 2515.10 ft T: 26.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 25.77 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2634.60 m = 8643.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.37 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 39.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 515.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3127.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 200.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.99 mb = 1656.00 m = 5433.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.99 mb = 3164.67 m = 10382.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.99 mb = 14473.28 m = 47483.94 ft B at Equ Level: 3103.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 430.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.95 Bulk Rich Number: 16.50 Bulk Shear: 189.60 m/s