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,-92.41 Latitude: 48.83 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 956 392 31.6 21.0 53 10.6 23.9 176 8 308.8 311.9 298.5 359.3 16.64 2 950 446 31.1 20.1 52 11.0 23.1 181 13 308.7 311.7 298.0 356.5 15.74 3 900 928 26.5 18.4 61 8.1 20.8 185 22 308.9 311.7 297.5 354.3 14.96 4 850 1430 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.5 188 28 309.2 311.9 297.4 353.3 14.54 5 800 1954 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.1 191 34 309.7 312.4 297.1 352.2 13.93 6 750 2503 13.7 12.3 91 1.4 12.8 194 40 311.5 313.8 296.3 348.6 12.09 7 700 3084 12.6 2.7 51 9.9 6.9 213 47 316.4 317.7 293.7 337.4 6.63 8 650 3703 8.9 -0.8 51 9.7 3.6 216 51 319.0 320.1 293.5 336.9 5.55 9 600 4359 3.0 -2.2 69 5.1 0.3 218 51 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.1 5.45 10 550 5057 -2.9 -4.5 89 1.6 -3.7 223 49 320.6 321.6 293.5 336.8 4.99 11 500 5805 -8.4 -10.1 87 1.7 -9.1 225 45 322.8 323.5 292.9 334.5 3.54 12 450 6614 -13.6 -19.5 61 5.8 -15.5 222 50 326.1 326.5 292.3 332.4 1.82 13 400 7501 -18.9 -28.2 44 9.3 -21.1 224 45 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.8 0.94 14 350 8480 -26.4 -35.1 44 8.7 -27.9 221 44 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.2 0.55 15 300 9572 -35.9 -43.6 45 7.6 -36.7 223 45 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.27 16 250 10809 -46.6 -53.2 47 6.6 -46.9 217 43 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12254 -56.4 -62.4 47 6.0 -56.5 187 52 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14055 -58.8 -73.8 13 15.1 -59.0 232 30 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16615 -57.1 -84.7 2 27.7 -57.5 239 15 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.25 m Freezing level: 574.75 mb = 4711.52 m = 15457.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.76 mb = 4402.69 m = 14444.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.31 mb = 1737.39 m = 5700.03 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 22.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2098.68 m = 6885.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.53 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2760.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.37 mb = 1939.28 m = 6362.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.37 mb = 2319.67 m = 7610.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.37 mb = 2889.79 m = 9480.83 ft B at Equ Level: 6.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 676.37 mb = 3371.20 m = 11060.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 352.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.81 Bulk Rich Number: 26.75 Bulk Shear: 103.17 m/s