MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.81,-92.48 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 979 314 20.7 11.7 56 9.0 15.1 305 4 295.7 297.3 289.1 321.2 8.84 2 950 571 20.5 11.0 54 9.5 14.6 303 13 298.0 299.6 289.8 323.4 8.71 3 900 1037 18.6 9.3 55 9.3 13.0 303 22 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.0 8.21 4 850 1525 15.1 7.7 61 7.4 10.7 305 27 301.9 303.3 290.3 325.1 7.78 5 800 2034 10.8 5.9 72 4.9 8.0 307 25 302.6 304.0 290.1 324.5 7.30 6 750 2569 6.9 5.4 91 1.4 6.1 307 19 304.0 305.4 290.7 326.7 7.54 7 700 3134 3.3 1.1 86 2.1 2.2 306 14 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.3 5.95 8 650 3731 0.0 -5.7 65 5.8 -2.6 311 17 309.0 309.7 289.0 321.0 3.84 9 600 4369 -2.5 -16.3 34 13.9 -7.4 306 22 313.2 313.6 288.5 319.1 1.78 10 550 5054 -7.3 -21.8 30 14.5 -11.6 306 25 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.5 1.21 11 500 5788 -12.6 -23.0 41 10.4 -15.4 302 27 317.7 317.9 289.3 321.8 1.20 12 450 6584 -18.0 -24.9 55 6.8 -19.7 300 30 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.13 13 400 7453 -24.2 -31.9 49 7.7 -25.6 298 34 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.9 0.66 14 350 8412 -31.8 -36.5 63 4.7 -32.4 294 36 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.48 15 300 9482 -40.3 -40.4 98 0.2 -40.3 300 36 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.37 16 250 10697 -50.8 -50.8 100 0.0 -50.8 301 41 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.14 17 200 12121 -55.6 -64.9 30 9.3 -55.8 307 49 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13965 -54.8 -77.3 5 22.5 -55.2 317 47 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.01 19 100 16547 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 329 35 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.91 m Freezing level: 649.58 mb = 3736.11 m = 12257.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.12 mb = 3401.47 m = 11159.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.98 mb = 1464.71 m = 4805.43 ft T: 15.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.56 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.71 mb = 2528.48 m = 8295.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6901.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.30 mb = 1947.70 m = 6390.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -24.5 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 12.79 m/s