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: 48.96,-95.88 Latitude: 48.96 Longitude: -95.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 973 331 26.4 19.7 67 6.7 21.6 175 12 301.9 304.6 295.8 346.2 15.01 2 950 539 24.5 17.0 63 7.4 19.4 183 21 302.0 304.4 294.4 340.3 12.98 3 900 1011 20.6 15.4 72 5.1 17.1 200 23 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.2 12.33 4 850 1502 17.0 13.1 78 3.9 14.4 223 26 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.4 11.23 5 800 2018 13.5 10.4 82 3.1 11.6 241 32 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.5 9.98 6 750 2558 9.3 7.7 90 1.6 8.3 247 35 306.7 308.3 292.6 333.4 8.83 7 700 3127 5.3 2.6 83 2.7 3.9 249 36 308.4 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.63 8 650 3731 3.6 -6.7 47 10.4 -1.1 247 38 313.1 313.7 290.1 324.4 3.55 9 600 4376 -0.1 -11.6 42 11.5 -4.8 248 37 316.0 316.5 290.2 324.6 2.62 10 550 5067 -4.7 -18.4 33 13.7 -9.3 250 35 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.0 1.63 11 500 5809 -9.8 -28.1 21 18.3 -14.3 250 34 321.1 321.3 289.9 323.8 0.76 12 450 6613 -15.7 -30.4 27 14.7 -18.8 253 35 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.68 13 400 7489 -22.2 -34.3 32 12.1 -24.3 255 35 326.1 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.52 14 350 8455 -29.7 -38.8 41 9.1 -30.9 260 38 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.38 15 300 9536 -37.8 -46.7 38 9.0 -38.4 253 45 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 16 250 10767 -47.5 -52.7 56 5.1 -47.7 256 50 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 17 200 12209 -54.9 -61.3 45 6.3 -55.1 251 48 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14066 -53.8 -79.1 3 25.2 -54.2 234 27 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 19 100 16659 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 204 13 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.73 m Freezing level: 601.12 mb = 4361.96 m = 14310.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.27 mb = 3590.85 m = 11780.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.95 mb = 1175.34 m = 3856.07 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 21.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1894.04 m = 6213.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1056.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.98 mb = 1562.90 m = 5127.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.98 mb = 2240.67 m = 7351.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.98 mb = 11623.17 m = 38133.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1041.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.98 mb = 14109.81 m = 46291.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 10.94 Bulk Shear: 96.56 m/s