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: 48.36,-95.87 Latitude: 48.36 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 960 355 28.9 20.6 61 8.3 22.9 271 17 305.6 308.6 297.4 353.9 16.11 2 950 444 28.1 20.0 61 8.1 22.2 272 25 305.7 308.6 297.2 352.6 15.65 3 900 922 24.0 18.5 71 5.5 20.1 274 33 306.3 309.1 297.0 351.5 15.06 4 850 1422 22.2 16.6 70 5.6 18.2 256 18 309.4 312.0 297.1 352.2 14.08 5 800 1948 19.2 13.1 68 6.1 15.1 217 18 311.6 313.9 296.2 348.1 11.91 6 750 2500 16.2 7.6 56 8.7 10.8 214 25 314.2 315.9 294.7 341.5 8.74 7 700 3085 14.1 -4.2 28 18.2 4.7 223 36 318.1 318.8 292.0 331.1 4.01 8 650 3705 9.7 -7.1 30 16.7 1.6 218 39 319.9 320.6 292.0 331.3 3.46 9 600 4363 4.5 -6.5 44 11.0 -0.8 212 45 321.4 322.1 292.9 334.2 3.92 10 550 5064 -1.3 -10.5 49 9.2 -5.3 210 51 322.6 323.2 292.5 333.0 3.13 11 500 5814 -7.9 -13.2 66 5.3 -10.0 215 57 323.4 323.9 292.4 332.6 2.76 12 450 6623 -14.7 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 220 64 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.6 2.62 13 400 7504 -20.3 -25.3 64 5.0 -21.5 226 63 328.6 328.8 292.5 332.9 1.22 14 350 8480 -26.8 -34.7 47 7.9 -28.1 226 59 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.58 15 300 9572 -35.3 -40.8 57 5.6 -35.8 221 59 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.1 0.36 16 250 10814 -46.0 -51.7 52 5.7 -46.3 210 56 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.13 17 200 12259 -56.6 -59.8 67 3.3 -56.6 221 49 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14072 -56.7 -76.8 6 20.1 -57.0 234 58 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16639 -57.8 -84.6 2 26.8 -58.2 233 21 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.00 m Freezing level: 560.93 mb = 4910.67 m = 16110.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4137.41 m = 13574.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.02 mb = 1411.32 m = 4630.26 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2796.39 m = 9174.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.33 C = 102.79 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 28.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2221.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 238.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.45 mb = 1654.98 m = 5429.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.45 mb = 4193.76 m = 13758.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.45 mb = 12837.58 m = 42117.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2215.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.45 mb = 15896.57 m = 52153.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 4.7 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.6 neg: -38.5 tot: 102.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 19.17 Bulk Shear: 115.86 m/s