MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.99,-92.54 Latitude: 46.99 Longitude: -92.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 959 407 29.4 18.1 51 11.3 21.5 279 5 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.6 13.78 2 950 493 27.6 17.1 53 10.5 20.3 275 7 305.2 307.6 295.3 344.1 13.00 3 900 969 22.9 15.9 65 7.0 18.1 265 9 305.1 307.4 295.1 343.1 12.71 4 850 1464 18.3 14.6 79 3.7 15.8 260 10 305.3 307.6 294.8 342.3 12.36 5 800 1981 14.4 11.1 81 3.3 12.3 263 12 306.5 308.5 293.8 338.0 10.44 6 750 2524 11.3 5.9 69 5.4 8.2 267 13 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.8 7.81 7 700 3097 7.5 4.2 80 3.3 5.6 257 18 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.6 7.40 8 650 3705 4.6 -1.5 64 6.1 1.4 255 19 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.27 9 600 4354 1.5 -9.9 42 11.4 -3.5 260 21 317.8 318.4 291.0 327.6 2.99 10 550 5049 -2.8 -11.5 51 8.7 -6.4 262 23 320.8 321.3 291.8 330.4 2.89 11 500 5799 -7.1 -15.9 50 8.7 -10.4 259 25 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.9 2.22 12 450 6613 -11.6 -22.6 40 11.0 -14.9 252 32 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.5 1.38 13 400 7504 -17.8 -30.1 33 12.3 -20.6 247 33 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.7 0.78 14 350 8487 -25.7 -34.3 45 8.6 -27.2 251 35 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.4 0.60 15 300 9583 -35.0 -41.8 50 6.8 -35.7 245 40 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.3 0.33 16 250 10828 -44.5 -53.9 34 9.4 -45.0 242 51 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12283 -56.2 -60.5 58 4.3 -56.3 224 51 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14083 -60.1 -76.4 10 16.3 -60.3 226 40 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16622 -58.3 -83.1 3 24.8 -58.6 234 22 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.97 m Freezing level: 582.72 mb = 4594.40 m = 15073.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.51 mb = 3887.90 m = 12755.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.13 mb = 1831.71 m = 6009.48 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.16 mb = 2053.31 m = 6736.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 600.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.89 mb = 1855.29 m = 6086.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.89 mb = 2558.85 m = 8395.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.89 mb = 12062.48 m = 39574.58 ft B at Equ Level: 598.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.89 mb = 14214.48 m = 46634.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 41.33 Bulk Shear: 14.54 m/s