MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.88,-93.78 Latitude: 46.88 Longitude: -93.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 401 33.5 20.7 47 12.8 24.1 187 14 310.4 313.5 298.7 360.1 16.26 2 950 474 31.7 20.1 50 11.6 23.3 188 22 309.3 312.3 298.2 357.3 15.77 3 900 956 26.7 18.8 62 7.9 21.0 189 30 309.0 311.9 297.8 355.6 15.35 4 850 1459 22.2 17.5 74 4.8 18.8 191 30 309.4 312.2 297.7 354.8 14.93 5 800 1986 23.0 8.2 39 14.9 13.6 206 34 315.7 317.3 294.9 342.5 8.54 6 750 2547 21.5 1.5 26 20.1 9.9 217 37 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.2 5.67 7 700 3140 16.8 -0.5 31 17.3 7.1 221 36 321.0 322.1 293.9 338.2 5.28 8 650 3765 11.4 -2.8 37 14.2 3.8 226 35 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.5 4.79 9 600 4426 5.5 -4.6 48 10.1 0.3 229 35 322.4 323.3 293.6 337.3 4.52 10 550 5130 -0.6 -9.5 51 8.9 -4.6 229 31 323.3 324.0 292.9 334.6 3.37 11 500 5882 -6.9 -17.0 45 10.0 -10.5 229 26 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.5 2.02 12 450 6693 -13.8 -18.0 71 4.1 -15.2 241 29 325.9 326.3 292.5 333.0 2.07 13 400 7577 -19.8 -25.4 61 5.6 -21.2 250 35 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.6 1.21 14 350 8554 -27.0 -32.8 58 5.8 -28.0 231 32 332.4 332.5 293.0 334.9 0.69 15 300 9645 -35.9 -42.1 53 6.2 -36.5 218 35 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.0 0.31 16 250 10886 -45.3 -54.8 34 9.5 -45.7 221 34 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.09 17 200 12336 -56.6 -59.8 67 3.2 -56.7 209 29 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14129 -59.7 -75.2 12 15.5 -59.9 244 45 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16649 -60.9 -84.3 3 23.4 -61.2 225 11 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.53 m Freezing level: 555.20 mb = 5056.47 m = 16589.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.82 mb = 4469.15 m = 14662.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.56 % Est. max temperature: 37.67 C = 99.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.96 mb = 2018.99 m = 6623.92 ft T: 22.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 28.64 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.83 mb = 3411.13 m = 11191.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.33 C = 111.80 F Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 29.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2800.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 371.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.17 mb = 1973.08 m = 6473.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.17 mb = 4341.60 m = 14243.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.17 mb = 13491.06 m = 44261.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2773.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.13 Bulk Rich Number: 83.14 Bulk Shear: 33.69 m/s