MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.24,-93.43 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 385 23.6 22.3 93 1.3 22.6 198 8 300.4 303.6 297.3 353.0 17.95 2 950 460 23.9 22.1 89 1.8 22.6 202 15 301.4 304.7 297.5 354.1 17.85 3 900 933 21.6 20.4 93 1.1 20.8 222 31 303.7 306.9 297.5 354.4 17.02 4 850 1429 20.9 17.3 80 3.5 18.4 249 33 308.0 310.8 297.3 352.8 14.81 5 800 1955 19.7 11.5 59 8.1 14.3 257 35 312.1 314.1 295.6 345.2 10.73 6 750 2508 16.1 4.6 47 11.4 9.3 255 37 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.3 7.12 7 700 3090 12.8 -5.0 29 17.8 3.9 261 41 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.7 3.76 8 650 3707 8.6 -7.2 32 15.8 1.1 265 51 318.7 319.4 291.7 329.9 3.42 9 600 4363 3.5 -10.5 35 14.0 -2.6 263 59 320.2 320.8 291.6 329.7 2.86 10 550 5061 -2.9 -12.3 48 9.4 -6.7 260 63 320.6 321.2 291.6 329.6 2.70 11 500 5806 -9.7 -14.3 69 4.7 -11.4 258 63 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.7 2.52 12 450 6613 -13.6 -21.1 53 7.5 -15.9 252 48 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.6 1.58 13 400 7499 -19.3 -27.1 50 7.8 -21.1 241 48 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.7 1.04 14 350 8479 -26.0 -30.4 66 4.4 -26.9 248 43 333.7 333.9 293.6 336.9 0.87 15 300 9576 -34.1 -40.9 50 6.8 -34.9 243 45 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.7 0.36 16 250 10826 -43.7 -58.3 18 14.6 -44.3 236 34 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 17 200 12286 -55.3 -55.9 93 0.6 -55.3 191 37 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 18 150 14059 -65.6 -69.4 59 3.8 -65.6 198 24 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16605 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.1 -58.6 248 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.89 m Freezing level: 572.54 mb = 4746.06 m = 15570.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.45 mb = 3892.71 m = 12771.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.92 mb = 543.67 m = 1783.68 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 25.60 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.59 mb = 2220.21 m = 7284.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.09 C = 96.96 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.53 C Cross Totals Index: 27.00 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2396.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.41 mb = 1084.55 m = 3558.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.41 mb = 3587.54 m = 11770.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.41 mb = 13684.16 m = 44895.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2387.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 363.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 363.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.68 Bulk Rich Number: 15.22 Bulk Shear: 157.50 m/s