MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.83,-92.51 Latitude: 48.83 Longitude: -92.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 960 385 27.3 22.4 74 4.9 23.7 236 4 304.0 307.3 298.2 357.7 18.02 2 950 478 27.9 20.4 64 7.5 22.5 236 10 305.5 308.4 297.4 353.4 16.03 3 900 956 24.3 18.4 70 5.9 20.2 233 18 306.6 309.4 297.0 351.6 15.00 4 850 1454 20.3 16.9 81 3.4 17.9 227 23 307.4 310.1 296.8 350.8 14.40 5 800 1976 16.6 15.0 91 1.6 15.5 223 27 308.8 311.4 296.6 349.9 13.54 6 750 2524 13.1 11.6 90 1.5 12.1 225 28 310.8 313.0 295.7 346.0 11.50 7 700 3105 12.3 4.6 60 7.6 7.7 225 36 316.1 317.5 294.3 340.1 7.64 8 650 3722 8.3 -1.0 52 9.3 3.2 230 42 318.3 319.4 293.3 335.8 5.46 9 600 4377 2.7 -4.2 61 6.9 -0.7 236 38 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.4 4.68 10 550 5074 -3.2 -9.3 63 6.0 -5.8 246 41 320.3 320.9 292.2 331.6 3.45 11 500 5820 -9.1 -13.6 70 4.5 -10.8 244 53 322.0 322.5 292.0 330.9 2.67 12 450 6626 -15.2 -19.0 72 3.9 -16.4 239 57 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.6 1.89 13 400 7506 -21.0 -23.8 78 2.8 -21.7 233 60 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.7 1.40 14 350 8479 -27.6 -29.2 86 1.6 -27.9 227 58 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.0 0.97 15 300 9568 -35.8 -36.9 89 1.1 -36.0 227 49 334.9 335.0 293.6 336.9 0.54 16 250 10811 -44.7 -51.7 46 7.0 -45.1 214 50 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.13 17 200 12267 -56.3 -58.4 77 2.1 -56.4 211 45 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.07 18 150 14059 -59.5 -73.3 15 13.8 -59.7 232 46 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16613 -57.4 -83.7 2 26.3 -57.8 227 24 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.64 m Freezing level: 577.22 mb = 4694.39 m = 15401.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.31 mb = 4251.11 m = 13947.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.75 mb = 1016.50 m = 3334.92 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 27.06 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 1904.79 m = 6249.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.41 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2441.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.28 mb = 1614.91 m = 5298.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.28 mb = 2198.69 m = 7213.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.28 mb = 2759.71 m = 9054.06 ft B at Equ Level: 14.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 669.28 mb = 3478.55 m = 11412.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 35.41 Bulk Shear: 68.95 m/s