MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.86,-92.01 Latitude: 46.86 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 966 385 26.0 23.7 87 2.3 24.3 171 3 302.2 305.8 298.7 359.8 19.46 2 950 528 25.4 22.7 85 2.7 23.5 183 9 303.0 306.4 298.3 358.2 18.59 3 900 1004 23.3 20.6 85 2.7 21.3 196 23 305.5 308.7 298.1 357.1 17.19 4 850 1503 21.7 17.9 79 3.9 19.0 213 23 308.9 311.8 297.8 355.4 15.33 5 800 2030 21.2 10.9 52 10.4 14.4 249 20 313.8 315.8 295.7 345.7 10.27 6 750 2586 18.1 -1.1 27 19.2 7.6 271 22 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.3 4.71 7 700 3171 13.7 -2.8 32 16.5 5.0 273 30 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.43 8 650 3790 8.6 -5.7 36 14.4 1.5 273 33 318.7 319.4 292.0 331.2 3.83 9 600 4444 2.6 -6.9 50 9.5 -1.9 273 33 319.1 319.9 292.2 331.6 3.81 10 550 5141 -3.0 -8.1 68 5.1 -5.3 260 42 320.5 321.3 292.5 332.9 3.78 11 500 5888 -9.2 -11.1 86 1.9 -9.9 268 46 321.8 322.5 292.4 332.7 3.29 12 450 6695 -14.5 -15.0 96 0.5 -14.7 281 44 325.0 325.5 292.8 333.9 2.65 13 400 7577 -20.4 -20.9 96 0.5 -20.5 281 39 328.5 328.8 293.0 334.8 1.81 14 350 8550 -27.8 -28.7 93 0.8 -28.0 276 33 331.2 331.4 293.0 334.9 1.02 15 300 9638 -36.1 -38.1 82 1.9 -36.4 255 32 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.48 16 250 10877 -46.0 -54.0 40 7.9 -46.4 260 39 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.10 17 200 12324 -56.0 -61.2 52 5.2 -56.1 246 49 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14128 -58.6 -74.6 11 15.9 -58.9 275 35 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16679 -60.0 -84.5 3 24.4 -60.3 264 17 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.83 m Freezing level: 576.70 mb = 4768.98 m = 15646.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.30 mb = 4080.32 m = 13386.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.05 % Est. max temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.02 mb = 677.12 m = 2221.51 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 28.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.93 mb = 2597.93 m = 8523.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.95 C = 103.92 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -8.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 27.06 C K Index: 32.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 613.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3346.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.08 mb = 1219.08 m = 3999.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.08 mb = 3498.49 m = 11477.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.08 mb = 13604.05 m = 44632.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3299.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.33 Bulk Rich Number: 29.73 Bulk Shear: 112.58 m/s