MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.98,-95.9 Latitude: 45.98 Longitude: -95.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 961 369 31.7 22.6 59 9.1 24.9 196 14 308.3 311.8 299.4 363.7 18.27 2 950 469 31.0 21.7 58 9.3 24.1 197 22 308.6 311.9 299.0 361.5 17.43 3 900 952 28.5 18.1 53 10.4 21.1 224 26 310.9 313.7 297.8 355.7 14.64 4 850 1458 25.0 15.3 55 9.7 18.3 252 23 312.4 314.8 297.1 352.3 12.98 5 800 1988 20.5 13.9 66 6.6 16.0 269 22 313.0 315.4 297.0 351.7 12.55 6 750 2542 15.7 12.4 81 3.3 13.5 268 21 313.6 315.9 296.9 351.2 12.15 7 700 3125 12.9 6.5 65 6.4 8.9 235 24 316.8 318.4 295.3 344.1 8.70 8 650 3747 10.6 -2.5 40 13.1 3.7 209 34 321.0 321.9 293.6 336.9 4.91 9 600 4408 5.7 -5.6 44 11.3 0.0 214 39 322.7 323.5 293.4 336.5 4.19 10 550 5112 -0.3 -9.2 51 8.9 -4.3 221 44 323.8 324.5 293.2 335.3 3.47 11 500 5865 -7.1 -12.1 67 5.0 -9.2 235 53 324.4 324.9 292.9 334.5 3.02 12 450 6676 -13.1 -25.0 36 11.9 -16.3 241 51 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.7 1.12 13 400 7563 -19.3 -29.8 39 10.5 -21.6 245 47 329.9 330.1 292.5 332.8 0.80 14 350 8542 -26.3 -37.6 34 11.3 -28.0 241 47 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.43 15 300 9636 -35.1 -39.7 63 4.6 -35.7 241 44 335.9 335.9 293.7 337.4 0.40 16 250 10878 -45.5 -50.4 58 4.9 -45.7 230 41 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.15 17 200 12327 -56.6 -61.6 53 5.0 -56.7 250 44 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14127 -59.8 -76.8 9 17.0 -60.0 239 62 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16652 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 214 19 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.92 m Freezing level: 552.24 mb = 5080.18 m = 16667.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4410.62 m = 14470.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.90 % Est. max temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.28 mb = 1527.67 m = 5011.97 ft T: 24.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 32.99 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.52 mb = 2501.59 m = 8207.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.86 C = 98.35 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 41.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2919.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.61 mb = 2110.68 m = 6924.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.61 mb = 4088.83 m = 13414.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.61 mb = 13583.80 m = 44565.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2892.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.61 Bulk Rich Number: 93.04 Bulk Shear: 31.37 m/s