MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.59,-95.24 Latitude: 45.59 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 971 387 27.3 23.8 81 3.5 24.7 161 9 303.0 306.6 298.9 360.9 19.50 2 950 579 26.5 21.8 75 4.7 23.1 170 17 304.1 307.4 298.0 356.5 17.58 3 900 1055 22.8 19.8 83 3.0 20.7 184 20 305.0 308.1 297.5 354.0 16.40 4 850 1552 20.1 15.2 74 4.9 16.8 189 17 307.2 309.6 295.7 346.0 12.89 5 800 2075 20.3 -4.6 18 24.9 7.7 188 8 312.8 313.4 289.9 323.6 3.39 6 750 2627 16.5 -4.1 24 20.6 6.0 223 6 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.5 3.76 7 700 3209 12.1 -6.5 27 18.6 3.1 249 11 315.9 316.5 290.8 326.8 3.36 8 650 3823 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.0 251 23 316.7 317.8 293.1 335.2 5.81 9 600 4476 1.5 -1.3 81 2.8 0.0 263 28 317.9 319.0 293.4 336.4 5.80 10 550 5170 -3.8 -10.3 60 6.5 -6.5 275 30 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.0 3.17 11 500 5913 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.2 -12.4 278 33 320.5 321.0 291.0 327.7 2.12 12 450 6718 -14.9 -28.1 32 13.1 -18.0 284 24 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.84 13 400 7598 -20.7 -37.9 20 17.2 -23.5 271 23 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.36 14 350 8572 -27.7 -42.4 23 14.7 -29.5 261 27 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.4 0.26 15 300 9659 -36.6 -44.4 45 7.7 -37.4 281 33 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.25 16 250 10896 -45.9 -50.5 60 4.6 -46.2 292 26 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.15 17 200 12343 -56.8 -61.2 58 4.3 -56.9 306 29 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14147 -58.2 -76.7 8 18.6 -58.4 270 20 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16699 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.4 -59.4 231 12 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.70 m Freezing level: 585.81 mb = 4672.80 m = 15330.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.85 mb = 4477.68 m = 14690.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.89 mb = 823.95 m = 2703.20 ft T: 24.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 37.33 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.45 mb = 2463.73 m = 8083.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.20 C = 100.77 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -8.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 26.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 536.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3095.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.08 mb = 1338.62 m = 4391.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.08 mb = 3375.40 m = 11074.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.08 mb = 13141.49 m = 43114.59 ft B at Equ Level: 3095.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.9 neg: -43.2 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 42.76 Bulk Shear: 72.40 m/s