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: 49.03,-92.88 Latitude: 49.03 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 961 392 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 57 6 293.4 295.6 291.2 328.3 12.23 2 950 487 17.5 15.2 86 2.4 16.0 41 12 295.0 297.1 291.1 327.9 11.48 3 900 953 21.0 12.9 60 8.1 15.7 284 8 303.2 305.1 292.9 334.2 10.44 4 850 1449 20.7 10.9 53 9.8 14.4 244 25 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.1 9.66 5 800 1971 17.4 9.7 61 7.7 12.6 248 35 309.7 311.5 294.0 338.8 9.51 6 750 2520 14.3 7.4 64 6.8 10.0 250 40 312.1 313.7 294.0 338.9 8.68 7 700 3099 9.8 4.9 71 5.0 6.9 258 42 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.6 7.76 8 650 3710 4.8 2.3 84 2.5 3.4 262 45 314.4 315.8 293.4 336.3 6.97 9 600 4358 0.1 -0.8 94 0.9 -0.4 260 51 316.2 317.4 293.2 335.3 6.03 10 550 5051 -3.9 -4.4 96 0.6 -4.1 247 58 319.5 320.5 293.3 335.7 5.02 11 500 5797 -8.5 -9.1 95 0.6 -8.8 242 61 322.6 323.4 293.2 335.3 3.83 12 450 6607 -13.2 -13.9 95 0.7 -13.5 245 58 326.6 327.2 293.4 336.5 2.91 13 400 7496 -18.0 -18.2 98 0.2 -18.1 249 41 331.6 332.0 294.2 339.5 2.28 14 350 8481 -24.6 -24.7 99 0.1 -24.6 236 42 335.6 335.9 294.6 340.9 1.47 15 300 9584 -33.1 -33.2 100 0.0 -33.1 234 42 338.7 338.8 294.7 341.6 0.78 16 250 10838 -43.1 -43.1 100 0.0 -43.0 221 38 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.4 0.34 17 200 12305 -54.1 -54.2 99 0.1 -54.1 185 39 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14088 -67.6 -68.1 94 0.5 -67.6 84 28 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.03 19 100 16627 -57.4 -74.0 11 16.5 -57.8 267 16 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.8 0.02 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.15 m Freezing level: 599.04 mb = 4371.31 m = 14341.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.13 mb = 4289.14 m = 14071.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.17 mb = 467.59 m = 1534.06 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 3.56 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.41 mb = 3153.19 m = 10344.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.75 C = 98.15 F Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5322.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.96 mb = 1675.37 m = 5496.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 6.7 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.2 neg: -82.2 tot: 162.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 307.09 m/s