MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.34,-95.4 Latitude: 47.34 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 951 455 26.5 22.3 78 4.2 23.4 183 15 304.0 307.3 298.2 357.8 18.07 2 950 467 26.7 22.2 76 4.5 23.5 184 16 304.3 307.7 298.4 358.2 18.05 3 900 945 23.8 20.8 83 3.0 21.6 193 38 306.0 309.3 298.4 358.3 17.40 4 850 1447 25.2 14.5 52 10.6 17.8 225 40 312.5 314.9 296.7 350.5 12.33 5 800 1979 23.4 8.7 39 14.8 14.0 246 41 316.1 317.8 295.3 343.9 8.84 6 750 2538 20.0 -0.7 25 20.7 8.5 252 35 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.9 4.84 7 700 3128 15.7 -7.8 19 23.5 4.3 251 32 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.9 3.04 8 650 3749 10.3 -12.8 18 23.1 0.3 249 33 320.6 321.0 291.1 328.0 2.19 9 600 4408 5.0 -17.5 18 22.5 -3.6 252 39 321.9 322.3 291.0 327.4 1.61 10 550 5109 -0.9 -20.1 22 19.2 -7.5 251 38 323.0 323.3 291.1 327.9 1.41 11 500 5860 -7.4 -23.2 27 15.8 -12.1 243 34 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.2 1.18 12 450 6670 -13.4 -29.7 24 16.3 -17.3 245 38 326.4 326.5 291.4 329.0 0.72 13 400 7558 -18.4 -41.9 11 23.4 -22.1 245 38 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.24 14 350 8539 -25.9 -46.7 12 20.7 -28.3 245 38 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.16 15 300 9636 -34.5 -43.0 42 8.5 -35.4 249 31 336.8 336.8 293.8 337.9 0.29 16 250 10882 -44.6 -51.9 44 7.3 -45.0 272 31 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.13 17 200 12338 -55.8 -61.3 50 5.5 -55.9 244 2 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14120 -65.4 -67.5 75 2.1 -65.4 316 10 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.03 19 100 16643 -58.9 -84.6 2 25.7 -59.2 236 12 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.83 m Freezing level: 557.67 mb = 5001.74 m = 16409.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.96 mb = 3800.55 m = 12468.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.35 % Est. max temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.92 mb = 994.33 m = 3262.21 ft T: 23.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 30.80 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.17 mb = 3113.30 m = 10214.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.17 C = 107.90 F Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lifted Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 23.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2760.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 379.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.45 mb = 1598.61 m = 5244.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.45 mb = 4000.47 m = 13124.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.45 mb = 14101.07 m = 46262.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2734.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.7 neg: -10.7 tot: 424.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.50 Bulk Rich Number: 26.09 Bulk Shear: 105.81 m/s