MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 48.81,-95.98 Latitude: 48.81 Longitude: -95.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 972 338 27.2 19.6 63 7.6 21.8 176 14 302.8 305.5 296.0 346.9 14.92 2 950 540 25.1 17.0 61 8.1 19.5 183 22 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.0 12.95 3 900 1012 21.1 15.4 70 5.7 17.2 202 23 303.2 305.5 294.3 339.8 12.31 4 850 1504 17.2 13.4 79 3.7 14.7 223 26 304.1 306.3 293.9 338.4 11.48 5 800 2019 13.5 10.8 84 2.6 11.8 240 32 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.3 10.25 6 750 2560 9.2 8.0 92 1.2 8.5 249 36 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.9 9.03 7 700 3129 5.4 2.5 82 2.9 3.8 253 37 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.58 8 650 3733 4.0 -7.7 42 11.7 -1.3 250 37 313.5 314.1 290.0 324.0 3.29 9 600 4379 0.1 -12.7 37 12.8 -5.0 250 35 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.1 2.39 10 550 5070 -4.6 -20.5 28 15.9 -9.7 251 34 318.6 318.9 289.8 323.2 1.36 11 500 5812 -9.7 -28.4 20 18.6 -14.3 252 34 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.8 0.74 12 450 6616 -15.7 -29.3 30 13.6 -18.7 255 34 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.2 0.75 13 400 7493 -22.1 -34.3 32 12.2 -24.2 257 35 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.52 14 350 8459 -29.5 -39.8 36 10.3 -30.8 263 39 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.34 15 300 9541 -37.6 -47.0 37 9.4 -38.4 256 45 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10771 -47.5 -53.1 53 5.6 -47.8 259 49 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12213 -55.3 -61.4 47 6.0 -55.5 254 49 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14068 -53.9 -79.1 3 25.3 -54.3 233 26 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 19 100 16659 -56.4 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 203 12 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.42 m Freezing level: 599.23 mb = 4389.91 m = 14402.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.45 mb = 3578.57 m = 11740.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.46 mb = 1299.31 m = 4262.79 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1902.02 m = 6240.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1132.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.45 mb = 1640.80 m = 5383.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.45 mb = 2216.00 m = 7270.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.45 mb = 11554.82 m = 37909.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1129.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.45 mb = 14005.72 m = 45949.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 242.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 98.86 m/s