MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-95.32 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 966 350 27.6 22.9 76 4.7 24.2 170 17 303.7 307.2 298.5 358.9 18.54 2 950 496 27.2 22.6 76 4.6 23.8 171 29 304.8 308.2 298.7 359.9 18.44 3 900 975 26.6 19.1 64 7.5 21.2 196 42 308.9 311.8 298.0 356.3 15.65 4 850 1481 26.1 13.7 46 12.4 17.6 223 42 313.5 315.7 296.5 349.6 11.68 5 800 2012 22.2 10.3 47 11.9 14.4 233 38 314.9 316.8 295.7 345.8 9.92 6 750 2570 18.9 2.4 33 16.5 9.3 254 25 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.3 6.05 7 700 3157 15.4 -7.4 20 22.8 4.2 260 25 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.8 3.14 8 650 3779 10.3 -11.7 20 22.0 0.6 265 25 320.6 321.1 291.3 328.7 2.40 9 600 4437 4.4 -13.0 27 17.3 -2.9 261 28 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.0 2.34 10 550 5137 -2.0 -14.5 38 12.5 -6.8 257 33 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.4 2.27 11 500 5885 -8.7 -17.8 48 9.1 -11.8 259 34 322.4 322.8 291.4 328.8 1.89 12 450 6691 -14.6 -27.2 34 12.6 -17.7 260 36 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.92 13 400 7574 -20.2 -32.9 31 12.7 -22.7 251 37 328.7 328.9 292.0 330.9 0.60 14 350 8549 -27.3 -42.1 23 14.9 -29.1 257 32 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 15 300 9640 -35.5 -52.0 17 16.4 -36.7 259 31 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 16 250 10880 -46.3 -55.0 37 8.7 -46.7 263 28 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12328 -55.1 -60.7 50 5.6 -55.2 271 24 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14140 -59.7 -76.9 9 17.2 -59.9 277 18 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.4 -83.8 4 22.4 -61.7 223 16 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.58 m Freezing level: 565.53 mb = 4919.54 m = 16140.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.31 mb = 3889.71 m = 12761.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.01 % Est. max temperature: 38.15 C = 100.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.98 mb = 946.02 m = 3103.71 ft T: 26.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 31.25 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.23 mb = 3069.91 m = 10071.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.86 C = 109.15 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: -8.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 25.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3070.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 345.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.49 mb = 1705.58 m = 5595.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.49 mb = 3990.58 m = 13092.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.49 mb = 13597.20 m = 44609.70 ft B at Equ Level: 3028.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 487.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 480.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.33 Bulk Rich Number: 21.40 Bulk Shear: 143.47 m/s