MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.98,-92.96 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 975 284 25.9 24.1 90 1.7 24.6 209 8 301.2 304.8 298.6 359.6 19.79 2 950 512 26.9 22.4 76 4.5 23.6 224 22 304.5 307.8 298.5 358.8 18.19 3 900 989 23.5 19.8 80 3.7 20.8 235 22 305.7 308.8 297.6 354.6 16.31 4 850 1487 20.0 16.3 79 3.8 17.4 237 20 307.1 309.7 296.4 348.8 13.82 5 800 2008 16.9 13.3 79 3.6 14.5 230 22 309.2 311.4 295.7 346.0 12.10 6 750 2557 14.9 7.0 59 7.9 10.0 232 26 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.8 8.41 7 700 3139 11.7 4.0 59 7.6 7.2 237 42 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.4 7.32 8 650 3755 7.6 1.7 66 5.9 4.2 236 45 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.7 6.65 9 600 4411 4.0 -5.7 49 9.6 -0.7 228 40 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.3 4.18 10 550 5111 -1.7 -11.2 48 9.5 -5.7 228 37 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.96 11 500 5860 -8.2 -17.7 46 9.5 -11.5 235 38 323.1 323.4 291.6 329.6 1.91 12 450 6672 -12.2 -30.4 20 18.3 -16.5 245 35 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.67 13 400 7560 -19.0 -30.1 37 11.1 -21.5 240 36 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.78 14 350 8538 -26.7 -31.3 65 4.6 -27.6 239 34 332.7 332.9 293.2 335.6 0.80 15 300 9631 -35.3 -39.0 69 3.7 -35.7 244 33 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.43 16 250 10873 -45.7 -46.0 97 0.3 -45.7 255 30 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12316 -58.8 -59.0 97 0.2 -58.7 257 31 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.07 18 150 14105 -59.4 -75.0 12 15.6 -59.6 225 26 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16638 -60.6 -84.3 3 23.8 -60.9 232 17 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.44 m Freezing level: 564.85 mb = 4903.16 m = 16086.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.45 mb = 4309.56 m = 14138.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.02 mb = 502.50 m = 1648.59 ft T: 26.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 21.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1558.32 m = 5112.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.65 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -7.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3067.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.91 mb = 1235.41 m = 4053.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.91 mb = 2009.30 m = 6592.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 759.91 mb = 2445.74 m = 8024.00 ft B at Equ Level: 15.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.6 neg: -5.8 tot: 141.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 111.34 Bulk Shear: 27.55 m/s