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: 46.81,-94.26 Latitude: 46.81 Longitude: -94.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 965 409 24.3 22.6 90 1.7 23.1 203 6 300.5 303.9 297.5 354.0 18.21 2 950 544 25.2 20.1 73 5.1 21.6 212 14 302.8 305.7 296.5 349.5 15.79 3 900 1018 21.3 17.9 81 3.4 18.9 227 19 303.5 306.1 295.8 346.4 14.46 4 850 1511 18.0 15.3 84 2.7 16.2 230 22 305.0 307.4 295.2 343.8 12.98 5 800 2029 15.4 9.5 68 5.8 11.7 230 24 307.5 309.3 293.3 335.9 9.37 6 750 2574 12.5 1.6 47 11.0 6.5 243 24 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.0 5.73 7 700 3149 9.5 -6.0 33 15.4 2.1 251 31 313.0 313.6 290.0 324.1 3.50 8 650 3759 5.7 -9.9 31 15.7 -1.1 250 41 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.5 2.76 9 600 4408 1.1 -13.2 34 14.3 -4.6 248 44 317.4 317.8 290.3 325.0 2.31 10 550 5101 -4.1 -15.9 39 11.8 -8.4 244 47 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.0 2.02 11 500 5845 -9.4 -20.2 41 10.9 -12.8 244 47 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.53 12 450 6651 -14.7 -22.6 51 7.8 -16.9 245 42 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.6 1.39 13 400 7532 -20.6 -30.8 40 10.2 -22.7 246 38 328.2 328.4 292.0 330.9 0.73 14 350 8505 -28.2 -36.4 46 8.2 -29.4 248 34 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.49 15 300 9590 -37.1 -42.5 57 5.4 -37.7 249 34 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.30 16 250 10824 -46.8 -48.1 87 1.2 -46.9 233 34 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.2 0.20 17 200 12275 -53.0 -61.0 37 8.0 -53.2 233 27 348.8 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14117 -54.6 -79.4 3 24.8 -55.0 231 29 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16691 -58.9 -84.5 2 25.7 -59.2 205 8 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.39 m Freezing level: 589.43 mb = 4554.77 m = 14943.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.97 mb = 3547.21 m = 11637.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.59 mb = 621.99 m = 2040.61 ft T: 24.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 29.92 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1665.71 m = 5464.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.07 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 27.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1813.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.40 mb = 1356.19 m = 4449.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.40 mb = 2681.28 m = 8796.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.40 mb = 12262.29 m = 40230.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1794.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.40 mb = 15512.21 m = 50892.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 142.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 28.14 Bulk Shear: 64.43 m/s