MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.83,-92.12 Latitude: 48.83 Longitude: -92.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 954 414 31.2 21.3 55 10.0 23.9 163 9 308.5 311.7 298.7 359.8 16.91 2 950 450 30.8 20.5 54 10.3 23.3 169 12 308.4 311.5 298.2 357.5 16.20 3 900 931 26.2 18.7 64 7.5 20.8 174 23 308.5 311.4 297.7 354.7 15.27 4 850 1433 21.9 17.2 75 4.6 18.6 184 29 309.1 311.8 297.4 353.7 14.71 5 800 1957 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 191 35 309.7 312.3 297.2 352.6 14.08 6 750 2507 14.5 10.7 78 3.8 12.0 200 40 312.3 314.4 295.7 345.8 10.86 7 700 3089 13.3 1.7 45 11.6 6.6 216 47 317.2 318.4 293.5 336.8 6.17 8 650 3709 8.9 -0.8 51 9.7 3.6 216 52 319.0 320.1 293.5 336.8 5.54 9 600 4364 2.6 -1.9 72 4.5 0.2 215 53 319.1 320.2 293.6 336.9 5.55 10 550 5061 -3.1 -4.0 93 0.9 -3.6 221 53 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.1 5.16 11 500 5809 -8.4 -11.5 78 3.1 -9.7 226 44 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.3 3.17 12 450 6619 -13.2 -20.0 56 6.8 -15.3 221 48 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.7 1.74 13 400 7506 -19.0 -28.3 44 9.2 -21.2 224 43 330.3 330.4 292.7 333.6 0.93 14 350 8485 -26.5 -35.9 41 9.4 -28.0 222 40 333.1 333.2 293.0 335.0 0.51 15 300 9577 -36.0 -44.2 42 8.2 -36.7 224 42 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.25 16 250 10814 -46.7 -53.7 44 7.1 -47.0 217 42 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 17 200 12258 -56.3 -62.3 47 6.0 -56.5 189 50 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 14058 -59.5 -72.9 16 13.5 -59.6 230 31 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16615 -57.3 -84.8 2 27.5 -57.7 238 13 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.54 m Freezing level: 577.53 mb = 4677.16 m = 15344.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.43 mb = 4398.53 m = 14430.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.89 mb = 1681.49 m = 5516.63 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 23.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.04 mb = 2063.57 m = 6770.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 557.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2856.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.07 mb = 1870.09 m = 6135.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.07 mb = 3669.28 m = 12038.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.07 mb = 13163.01 m = 43185.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2851.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 378.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.86 Bulk Rich Number: 22.55 Bulk Shear: 126.67 m/s