MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.02,-94.77 Latitude: 48.02 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 958 371 26.7 18.9 62 7.8 21.2 180 10 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.5 14.48 2 950 441 29.1 18.7 53 10.4 21.7 187 16 306.7 309.4 296.6 350.0 14.40 3 900 919 24.7 17.3 64 7.3 19.5 194 22 306.9 309.6 296.4 349.0 13.97 4 850 1418 20.1 16.1 78 4.0 17.4 197 24 307.2 309.8 296.3 348.5 13.70 5 800 1938 16.4 13.1 81 3.2 14.2 203 27 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.8 11.94 6 750 2489 16.9 2.9 39 14.0 8.8 211 36 314.9 316.1 293.0 334.7 6.29 7 700 3074 14.3 1.3 41 13.0 6.9 209 51 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.6 6.02 8 650 3695 9.4 -2.0 45 11.4 3.4 207 51 319.6 320.6 293.3 336.1 5.10 9 600 4352 3.6 -4.2 56 7.8 -0.3 210 49 320.3 321.3 293.2 335.5 4.68 10 550 5051 -2.7 -5.6 80 3.0 -4.1 213 48 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.8 4.58 11 500 5798 -8.8 -10.7 86 1.9 -9.6 215 48 322.3 322.9 292.6 333.4 3.37 12 450 6606 -14.2 -19.4 65 5.1 -15.9 208 52 325.3 325.7 292.2 331.6 1.83 13 400 7490 -19.6 -27.6 49 7.9 -21.5 221 53 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.1 0.99 14 350 8467 -27.1 -32.9 58 5.8 -28.1 225 52 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.7 0.69 15 300 9557 -36.1 -43.0 49 6.8 -36.8 226 57 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.29 16 250 10793 -46.6 -51.4 58 4.8 -46.9 222 53 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.13 17 200 12239 -56.4 -60.1 63 3.7 -56.5 182 57 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14042 -56.2 -76.4 6 20.2 -56.5 228 40 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16608 -58.2 -84.6 2 26.4 -58.6 218 13 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.71 m Freezing level: 571.08 mb = 4756.23 m = 15604.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4290.78 m = 14077.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.96 mb = 1367.09 m = 4485.14 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 15.31 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.16 mb = 3205.03 m = 10515.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.55 C = 106.78 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 32.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1863.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.32 mb = 1817.78 m = 5963.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.32 mb = 4266.08 m = 13996.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.32 mb = 12682.89 m = 41610.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1846.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.32 mb = 15651.20 m = 51348.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.3 neg: -4.7 tot: 191.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 23.83 Bulk Shear: 78.18 m/s