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: 50.18,-94.85 Latitude: 50.18 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 959 354 25.1 21.1 78 4.0 22.2 96 10 301.8 304.9 296.8 350.9 16.62 2 950 434 25.7 20.2 72 5.5 21.7 103 18 303.2 306.2 296.7 350.2 15.84 3 900 912 26.5 17.8 59 8.7 20.3 153 30 308.8 311.5 297.1 352.4 14.36 4 850 1414 22.9 16.6 68 6.2 18.5 170 30 310.1 312.8 297.3 353.3 14.16 5 800 1940 18.3 15.0 81 3.3 16.1 179 32 310.7 313.2 297.1 352.1 13.56 6 750 2491 13.8 13.1 96 0.7 13.3 183 32 311.5 314.0 296.8 350.6 12.75 7 700 3071 12.2 4.7 60 7.5 7.8 196 32 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.2 7.70 8 650 3692 10.5 -9.4 24 19.9 1.3 210 35 320.9 321.4 291.8 330.4 2.88 9 600 4351 4.8 -10.2 33 15.0 -1.9 212 40 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.4 2.92 10 550 5052 -1.5 -9.6 54 8.1 -5.1 213 48 322.3 323.0 292.6 333.4 3.35 11 500 5803 -7.6 -11.6 73 4.0 -9.2 211 54 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.3 3.16 12 450 6614 -13.5 -16.9 76 3.4 -14.7 217 58 326.2 326.7 292.8 334.0 2.26 13 400 7497 -20.4 -24.1 72 3.7 -21.4 218 51 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.3 1.36 14 350 8473 -27.2 -32.1 63 4.8 -28.1 213 47 332.0 332.2 293.0 334.8 0.74 15 300 9564 -35.5 -40.5 60 5.0 -36.1 210 45 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.8 0.37 16 250 10805 -45.8 -50.8 57 5.0 -46.0 204 46 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.14 17 200 12252 -57.1 -60.7 63 3.7 -57.2 202 46 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14057 -56.4 -78.2 5 21.8 -56.7 237 42 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16625 -57.1 -84.6 2 27.5 -57.5 233 14 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.94 m Freezing level: 561.88 mb = 4885.30 m = 16027.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.24 mb = 3945.87 m = 12945.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.43 mb = 868.26 m = 2848.58 ft T: 26.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 22.83 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.75 mb = 2235.68 m = 7334.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.69 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 39.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2213.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.38 mb = 1753.74 m = 5753.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.38 mb = 4318.22 m = 14167.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.38 mb = 12830.61 m = 42094.67 ft B at Equ Level: 2209.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.38 mb = 15885.69 m = 52117.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.4 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 228.4 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 415.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.31 Bulk Rich Number: 12.13 Bulk Shear: 182.40 m/s