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: 48.9,-92.56 Latitude: 48.90 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 956 388 31.5 21.0 54 10.6 23.8 174 8 308.6 311.7 298.5 358.8 16.56 2 950 444 30.9 20.0 52 10.9 23.0 177 13 308.6 311.5 297.9 356.1 15.67 3 900 926 26.4 18.4 62 8.0 20.7 184 22 308.7 311.5 297.5 354.1 14.96 4 850 1427 21.8 17.1 75 4.7 18.5 189 27 309.0 311.7 297.3 353.3 14.60 5 800 1951 17.3 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 191 33 309.6 312.3 297.1 352.2 13.97 6 750 2500 13.4 13.0 97 0.4 13.1 193 41 311.1 313.5 296.6 349.8 12.63 7 700 3080 12.1 3.4 55 8.7 7.1 211 46 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.0 7.01 8 650 3699 8.9 -0.8 51 9.7 3.6 216 51 319.0 320.1 293.6 336.9 5.56 9 600 4355 3.2 -2.3 67 5.5 0.3 218 51 319.8 320.9 293.6 337.3 5.40 10 550 5054 -2.7 -5.1 84 2.4 -3.8 222 47 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.4 4.78 11 500 5802 -8.5 -10.1 88 1.6 -9.2 224 46 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.5 3.55 12 450 6610 -13.6 -20.2 57 6.6 -15.7 222 52 326.1 326.5 292.3 332.0 1.70 13 400 7497 -18.9 -28.0 44 9.2 -21.0 223 46 330.5 330.6 292.7 333.9 0.95 14 350 8477 -26.5 -34.6 46 8.1 -27.9 220 46 333.0 333.1 293.1 335.2 0.58 15 300 9568 -35.9 -43.0 48 7.1 -36.6 222 47 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.29 16 250 10806 -46.6 -53.1 48 6.5 -46.9 217 44 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12251 -56.5 -62.3 48 5.9 -56.6 186 54 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14052 -58.4 -74.6 11 16.2 -58.6 235 30 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16615 -56.9 -84.7 2 27.9 -57.3 239 15 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.80 m Freezing level: 572.78 mb = 4735.41 m = 15535.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.24 mb = 4405.71 m = 14454.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.87 mb = 1728.68 m = 5671.46 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.16 mb = 2067.29 m = 6782.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.59 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 541.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2716.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.11 mb = 1917.65 m = 6291.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.11 mb = 2187.23 m = 7175.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.11 mb = 2983.48 m = 9788.21 ft B at Equ Level: 12.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 348.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.76 Bulk Rich Number: 26.41 Bulk Shear: 102.87 m/s