MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.68,-95.95 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 958 368 27.9 20.1 63 7.8 22.3 184 15 304.8 307.7 297.0 351.5 15.66 2 950 445 26.6 19.2 64 7.4 21.3 186 20 304.1 306.9 296.3 348.3 14.86 3 900 919 22.1 17.6 76 4.5 19.0 191 25 304.3 306.9 295.9 346.7 14.24 4 850 1415 19.7 14.1 71 5.5 16.0 212 21 306.7 309.0 295.0 342.9 12.03 5 800 1936 17.7 11.6 67 6.1 13.7 214 17 310.1 312.1 295.1 343.1 10.81 6 750 2488 17.4 3.2 39 14.2 9.1 223 27 315.4 316.7 293.3 335.7 6.44 7 700 3074 14.4 -0.2 37 14.7 6.3 220 40 318.5 319.5 293.3 335.8 5.39 8 650 3695 9.7 -2.5 42 12.2 3.2 216 45 319.9 320.9 293.3 335.8 4.90 9 600 4353 3.8 -4.8 54 8.5 -0.5 218 43 320.5 321.4 293.1 335.1 4.48 10 550 5052 -2.6 -7.0 72 4.4 -4.7 218 44 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.4 4.10 11 500 5799 -8.6 -13.1 70 4.6 -10.4 221 47 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.9 2.78 12 450 6606 -14.9 -22.3 53 7.4 -17.0 218 49 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.42 13 400 7488 -19.7 -33.9 27 14.1 -22.4 217 54 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.55 14 350 8463 -27.8 -33.2 60 5.4 -28.7 225 58 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.7 0.67 15 300 9550 -36.8 -41.1 64 4.3 -37.2 222 62 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.35 16 250 10784 -46.7 -52.9 49 6.2 -47.0 229 59 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12231 -56.5 -58.0 83 1.5 -56.6 149 54 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.08 18 150 14037 -57.6 -75.0 9 17.3 -57.9 212 38 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16609 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 230 10 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.99 m Freezing level: 570.47 mb = 4765.36 m = 15634.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.77 mb = 4260.51 m = 13977.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.86 mb = 1355.25 m = 4446.29 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.21 mb = 3228.74 m = 10592.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.85 C = 107.33 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.76 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 27.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1559.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 350.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.91 mb = 1558.44 m = 5112.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.91 mb = 4475.26 m = 14682.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.91 mb = 12522.87 m = 41085.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1547.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.91 mb = 15404.44 m = 50538.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: -25.0 tot: 107.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 30.97 Bulk Shear: 50.35 m/s