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: 47.12,-94.92 Latitude: 47.12 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 952 441 31.6 21.5 55 10.1 24.2 196 12 309.1 312.3 299.0 361.4 17.22 2 950 457 31.9 21.0 53 10.9 23.9 198 13 309.5 312.7 298.8 360.5 16.74 3 900 941 28.1 19.0 58 9.1 21.5 206 28 310.5 313.4 298.2 357.8 15.51 4 850 1446 24.3 16.2 61 8.1 18.7 224 32 311.6 314.2 297.5 353.9 13.78 5 800 1975 20.7 12.5 60 8.2 15.2 242 35 313.2 315.4 296.4 348.7 11.49 6 750 2530 16.9 8.9 59 7.9 11.8 237 34 314.9 316.7 295.5 344.8 9.60 7 700 3117 15.5 0.0 35 15.5 6.8 213 38 319.7 320.7 293.6 337.3 5.48 8 650 3740 10.7 -2.0 41 12.6 3.8 209 42 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.6 5.10 9 600 4401 5.3 -3.4 53 8.7 0.8 213 45 322.2 323.2 293.9 338.4 4.96 10 550 5105 -0.2 -8.4 54 8.2 -4.0 217 42 323.8 324.5 293.3 336.0 3.68 11 500 5858 -6.9 -12.5 65 5.6 -9.2 230 47 324.6 325.2 292.9 334.5 2.94 12 450 6670 -13.4 -23.4 43 9.9 -16.2 233 45 326.4 326.6 292.0 330.9 1.29 13 400 7555 -19.9 -29.9 40 10.0 -22.0 235 42 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.0 0.80 14 350 8530 -27.7 -33.6 57 5.9 -28.6 232 41 331.4 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.64 15 300 9619 -35.5 -46.0 34 10.4 -36.5 235 48 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.21 16 250 10862 -45.3 -54.0 37 8.7 -45.7 227 43 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.10 17 200 12311 -57.1 -61.3 59 4.1 -57.2 230 39 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.6 0.05 18 150 14109 -58.2 -77.1 7 18.8 -58.5 242 59 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16651 -59.9 -84.3 3 24.4 -60.2 210 18 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.30 m Freezing level: 552.07 mb = 5075.51 m = 16651.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.87 mb = 4511.25 m = 14800.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.98 % Est. max temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.02 mb = 1727.80 m = 5668.56 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 24.09 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.80 mb = 3216.12 m = 10551.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.24 C = 108.04 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 31.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3067.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.96 mb = 2116.47 m = 6943.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.96 mb = 3972.43 m = 13032.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.96 mb = 13629.45 m = 44715.50 ft B at Equ Level: 3016.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.4 neg: -32.5 tot: 129.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.02 Bulk Rich Number: 57.36 Bulk Shear: 53.48 m/s