MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.56,-94.22 Latitude: 48.56 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 962 350 25.7 22.5 82 3.2 23.4 188 11 302.2 305.5 297.8 355.7 18.11 2 950 462 25.7 22.1 81 3.5 23.1 192 21 303.2 306.5 298.0 356.5 17.94 3 900 937 22.6 20.7 89 1.9 21.2 204 34 304.8 308.0 298.0 356.5 17.31 4 850 1437 22.6 16.9 70 5.7 18.6 239 37 309.9 312.6 297.4 353.8 14.42 5 800 1965 21.4 11.4 53 10.0 14.8 248 31 314.0 316.0 296.0 347.0 10.63 6 750 2521 18.2 3.3 37 14.9 9.5 241 34 316.3 317.6 293.5 336.8 6.48 7 700 3107 14.3 -7.3 22 21.7 3.8 239 38 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.7 3.15 8 650 3726 9.2 -12.4 20 21.6 -0.1 248 43 319.3 319.8 290.8 326.9 2.27 9 600 4383 4.1 -15.4 23 19.5 -3.6 255 55 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.3 1.92 10 550 5082 -1.9 -18.3 27 16.4 -7.7 252 55 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.64 11 500 5831 -7.3 -24.5 24 17.1 -12.3 243 46 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.8 1.05 12 450 6642 -13.6 -29.0 26 15.4 -17.3 236 46 326.1 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.78 13 400 7526 -19.6 -36.7 20 17.1 -22.6 248 49 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.41 14 350 8505 -25.8 -36.3 37 10.5 -27.5 252 46 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.8 0.49 15 300 9605 -33.9 -42.5 42 8.6 -34.8 244 37 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.30 16 250 10853 -44.2 -54.2 32 10.0 -44.7 251 32 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.10 17 200 12311 -55.5 -55.6 99 0.1 -55.5 194 24 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.10 18 150 14084 -66.8 -69.4 70 2.6 -66.8 113 8 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16619 -57.6 -84.5 2 26.9 -58.0 235 17 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.07 m Freezing level: 566.05 mb = 4857.35 m = 15936.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.24 mb = 3710.30 m = 12172.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.83 % Est. max temperature: 36.36 C = 97.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.59 mb = 757.68 m = 2485.81 ft T: 23.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 29.61 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2648.11 m = 8687.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.18 C = 104.32 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 25.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2770.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.26 mb = 1210.82 m = 3972.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.26 mb = 3760.91 m = 12338.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.26 mb = 14199.20 m = 46584.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2742.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 376.3 neg: -16.1 tot: 360.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.91 Bulk Rich Number: 22.95 Bulk Shear: 120.71 m/s