MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.02,-94.33 Latitude: 46.02 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 972 372 25.1 23.8 93 1.2 24.2 187 6 300.7 304.2 298.3 358.0 19.49 2 950 570 24.1 22.6 91 1.5 23.0 194 14 301.7 305.0 297.9 356.1 18.44 3 900 1043 21.4 20.8 97 0.6 21.0 223 21 303.5 306.8 297.8 355.5 17.46 4 850 1539 19.1 17.7 92 1.4 18.1 237 21 306.1 309.0 297.0 351.7 15.19 5 800 2060 18.3 6.6 46 11.8 11.2 253 20 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.64 6 750 2610 16.0 -8.9 17 24.9 4.5 272 22 313.9 314.4 289.5 322.4 2.60 7 700 3192 12.3 -8.7 22 21.0 2.6 283 30 316.1 316.7 290.4 325.3 2.82 8 650 3807 7.9 -8.8 30 16.7 0.3 282 35 317.9 318.5 291.1 327.8 3.03 9 600 4461 2.6 -10.7 37 13.3 -3.1 281 33 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.5 2.82 10 550 5157 -2.8 -13.8 42 11.0 -7.1 279 30 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.8 2.39 11 500 5905 -8.1 -17.3 47 9.3 -11.3 284 29 323.2 323.6 291.7 329.9 1.96 12 450 6714 -13.8 -22.6 47 8.9 -16.3 288 33 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.8 1.38 13 400 7598 -20.3 -28.2 49 7.9 -22.1 292 39 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.0 0.93 14 350 8572 -27.5 -33.7 55 6.2 -28.5 294 35 331.7 331.8 292.8 334.0 0.63 15 300 9662 -36.1 -43.5 47 7.4 -36.8 299 32 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.27 16 250 10900 -46.0 -57.3 27 11.3 -46.4 296 32 337.7 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.07 17 200 12346 -56.9 -61.4 57 4.5 -57.0 279 31 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14155 -57.2 -78.4 5 21.2 -57.5 277 18 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16710 -59.2 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 231 12 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.01 m Freezing level: 575.89 mb = 4796.67 m = 15736.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.23 mb = 3854.86 m = 12647.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.14 mb = 522.90 m = 1715.54 ft T: 24.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 35.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1119.03 m = 3671.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 23.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3016.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.39 mb = 971.82 m = 3188.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.39 mb = 3282.52 m = 10769.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.39 mb = 13280.48 m = 43570.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2996.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.06 Bulk Rich Number: 35.16 Bulk Shear: 85.77 m/s