MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.16,-94.34 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -94.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 969 379 26.0 23.5 86 2.5 24.2 193 9 301.9 305.4 298.4 358.5 19.15 2 950 549 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.6 201 16 303.7 306.8 297.5 354.3 17.03 3 900 1024 22.2 19.2 83 3.0 20.1 222 19 304.4 307.3 296.9 351.2 15.72 4 850 1519 18.9 16.4 85 2.6 17.1 231 21 306.0 308.6 296.1 347.6 13.90 5 800 2039 16.6 8.6 59 7.9 11.6 234 23 308.8 310.5 293.2 335.7 8.82 6 750 2586 13.8 -1.4 35 15.1 5.8 246 25 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.1 4.62 7 700 3163 10.1 -5.1 34 15.2 2.7 256 31 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.6 3.75 8 650 3774 5.8 -8.8 34 14.6 -0.7 253 38 315.5 316.1 290.3 325.3 3.02 9 600 4423 1.1 -11.6 38 12.6 -4.2 249 43 317.3 317.9 290.6 326.0 2.63 10 550 5116 -4.2 -12.1 54 7.9 -7.4 244 50 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.2 2.74 11 500 5859 -9.7 -17.0 56 7.2 -12.2 247 50 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.0 2.03 12 450 6665 -14.6 -23.3 47 8.7 -17.0 249 39 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.4 1.30 13 400 7546 -20.7 -29.0 47 8.3 -22.5 249 35 328.1 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.87 14 350 8518 -28.5 -33.5 62 5.0 -29.3 250 33 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.7 0.65 15 300 9602 -37.3 -40.2 75 2.9 -37.7 254 35 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.38 16 250 10834 -47.4 -48.0 93 0.7 -47.4 243 34 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.20 17 200 12284 -52.8 -62.8 29 10.0 -53.1 245 30 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14124 -56.0 -77.0 5 21.0 -56.3 229 31 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.7 0.01 19 100 16695 -59.0 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.3 204 6 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.62 m Freezing level: 589.94 mb = 4562.73 m = 14969.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.73 mb = 3639.33 m = 11939.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.42 mb = 694.15 m = 2277.37 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 33.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1558.93 m = 5114.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2686.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.02 mb = 1297.68 m = 4257.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.02 mb = 2619.41 m = 8593.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.02 mb = 12712.99 m = 41708.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2661.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.02 mb = 16264.46 m = 53360.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 35.22 Bulk Shear: 76.28 m/s