MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-93.57 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 961 418 20.1 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 169 5 296.6 299.4 294.6 341.2 15.47 2 950 522 21.0 20.2 95 0.8 20.5 180 13 298.5 301.4 295.4 344.7 15.89 3 900 995 23.5 12.7 51 10.8 16.4 224 27 305.8 307.7 293.5 336.7 10.30 4 850 1491 20.3 9.5 50 10.8 13.6 238 29 307.4 309.1 292.9 334.2 8.82 5 800 2011 15.4 8.9 65 6.5 11.4 238 30 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.9 9.00 6 750 2554 10.8 6.6 75 4.2 8.3 237 30 308.3 309.8 292.6 333.2 8.19 7 700 3126 7.1 -0.3 60 7.3 3.2 250 44 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.0 5.37 8 650 3731 3.1 -7.2 47 10.3 -1.6 251 51 312.5 313.1 289.8 323.4 3.42 9 600 4376 -0.5 -13.2 38 12.6 -5.5 241 46 315.5 315.9 289.7 323.1 2.31 10 550 5064 -5.8 -16.7 42 10.8 -9.6 231 51 317.1 317.5 289.8 323.4 1.89 11 500 5803 -10.3 -23.4 33 13.1 -14.0 234 55 320.4 320.7 290.1 324.4 1.16 12 450 6609 -14.2 -35.3 15 21.1 -18.3 229 49 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.42 13 400 7491 -21.0 -28.5 51 7.5 -22.7 231 47 327.7 327.8 292.0 330.9 0.91 14 350 8463 -27.3 -28.8 87 1.5 -27.6 227 31 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.6 1.01 15 300 9554 -35.8 -37.4 85 1.6 -36.0 238 25 335.0 335.1 293.6 336.9 0.51 16 250 10791 -46.4 -49.6 70 3.2 -46.6 222 13 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.8 0.17 17 200 12247 -53.1 -61.6 35 8.5 -53.3 198 32 348.7 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14099 -53.8 -79.9 3 26.1 -54.2 223 16 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16671 -57.7 -84.7 2 27.0 -58.1 249 9 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.85 m Freezing level: 607.46 mb = 4279.41 m = 14039.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.36 mb = 3528.05 m = 11574.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.80 mb = 433.29 m = 1421.55 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2335.48 m = 7662.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 32.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.46 mb = 1773.53 m = 5818.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.46 mb = 3038.13 m = 9967.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.46 mb = 11126.67 m = 36504.38 ft B at Equ Level: 577.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.46 mb = 13016.51 m = 42704.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 110.86 m/s