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: 47.97,-93.78 Latitude: 47.97 Longitude: -93.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 966 397 23.1 21.4 91 1.6 21.9 194 7 299.2 302.3 296.3 348.5 16.89 2 950 538 22.8 19.8 83 3.0 20.6 202 15 300.3 303.1 295.6 345.6 15.46 3 900 1008 19.6 17.1 86 2.5 17.9 222 21 301.7 304.3 294.8 342.3 13.77 4 850 1499 16.9 13.8 82 3.1 14.8 232 22 303.8 306.0 294.0 338.8 11.76 5 800 2014 14.2 8.7 69 5.6 10.9 235 22 306.3 308.0 292.6 333.1 8.86 6 750 2557 11.3 2.6 55 8.6 6.5 244 21 308.8 310.0 291.1 327.8 6.18 7 700 3130 7.8 -1.4 52 9.2 3.1 245 25 311.1 312.1 290.7 326.6 4.95 8 650 3737 4.8 -9.5 35 14.3 -1.4 243 31 314.4 315.0 289.9 323.7 2.87 9 600 4385 1.3 -14.3 30 15.6 -4.7 243 37 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.7 2.11 10 550 5080 -3.4 -15.4 39 12.0 -7.9 242 39 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.1 2.09 11 500 5825 -9.0 -17.3 51 8.3 -11.8 238 41 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.8 1.97 12 450 6632 -14.6 -22.3 52 7.7 -16.8 234 44 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.8 1.42 13 400 7513 -20.4 -34.4 27 14.0 -22.9 237 41 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.52 14 350 8487 -28.0 -39.2 33 11.2 -29.5 238 36 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.4 0.36 15 300 9572 -37.0 -42.5 57 5.5 -37.5 235 35 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.30 16 250 10808 -46.4 -48.2 82 1.8 -46.4 222 33 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.19 17 200 12261 -54.0 -59.0 54 5.0 -54.2 220 29 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.07 18 150 14107 -52.8 -79.5 3 26.6 -53.3 246 35 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16687 -57.6 -84.5 2 26.9 -58.0 218 8 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.01 m Freezing level: 585.86 mb = 4581.74 m = 15031.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.57 mb = 3543.18 m = 11624.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.16 mb = 600.54 m = 1970.24 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 24.78 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1526.22 m = 5007.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1121.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.18 mb = 1199.00 m = 3933.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.18 mb = 2499.09 m = 8199.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.18 mb = 11785.05 m = 38664.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1112.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.18 mb = 14314.59 m = 46963.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 107.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 25.46 Bulk Shear: 44.07 m/s