MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 50.95,-93.52 Latitude: 50.95 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 958 385 23.9 21.8 88 2.2 22.4 156 9 300.7 303.9 297.0 351.7 17.36 2 950 462 25.3 21.1 77 4.3 22.2 159 18 302.9 306.0 297.2 352.6 16.77 3 900 940 25.9 18.2 63 7.7 20.4 185 34 308.2 310.9 297.3 352.8 14.76 4 850 1441 21.9 16.3 71 5.5 18.0 191 37 309.0 311.7 296.9 351.2 13.88 5 800 1966 19.1 12.8 67 6.3 14.9 197 33 311.5 313.8 296.1 347.5 11.71 6 750 2521 18.0 4.5 41 13.5 9.9 212 36 316.1 317.4 293.9 338.3 7.05 7 700 3106 13.8 -1.6 35 15.3 5.5 222 40 317.7 318.7 292.6 333.4 4.87 8 650 3725 8.2 -3.3 44 11.5 2.3 227 44 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.2 4.63 9 600 4379 2.3 -4.8 59 7.1 -1.2 224 41 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.3 4.48 10 550 5074 -3.6 -9.6 63 6.0 -6.2 211 39 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.8 3.37 11 500 5819 -9.8 -13.1 77 3.2 -11.1 212 34 321.0 321.6 291.8 330.3 2.79 12 450 6625 -14.5 -18.3 73 3.8 -15.7 223 32 325.0 325.4 292.2 331.9 2.01 13 400 7506 -21.1 -22.5 88 1.5 -21.5 225 34 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.1 1.57 14 350 8477 -28.5 -31.8 74 3.3 -29.1 225 31 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.76 15 300 9561 -37.5 -38.8 88 1.2 -37.7 222 30 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.44 16 250 10797 -45.1 -45.2 100 0.0 -45.2 248 23 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12250 -55.7 -55.7 99 0.1 -55.7 274 82 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.10 18 150 14058 -59.6 -66.4 41 6.8 -59.7 266 18 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.03 19 100 16625 -57.6 -84.7 2 27.1 -58.0 250 11 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.00 m Freezing level: 580.33 mb = 4652.25 m = 15263.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4154.73 m = 13630.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.90 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.93 mb = 660.37 m = 2166.54 ft T: 25.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.63 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 2914.36 m = 9561.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.21 C = 104.38 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.17 C K Index: 32.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2603.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.30 mb = 1644.33 m = 5394.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.30 mb = 3783.89 m = 12414.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.30 mb = 13078.83 m = 42909.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2577.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.30 mb = 16298.23 m = 53471.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 343.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.73 Bulk Rich Number: 35.70 Bulk Shear: 72.93 m/s