MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.34,-94.1 Latitude: 46.34 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 972 382 27.1 19.8 64 7.3 21.9 189 10 302.6 305.4 296.0 347.2 15.08 2 950 586 24.6 18.5 69 6.1 20.3 192 17 302.2 304.8 295.3 344.1 14.22 3 900 1057 20.1 17.4 84 2.7 18.3 197 19 302.3 304.9 295.2 343.8 14.07 4 850 1548 16.2 15.9 98 0.4 16.0 206 21 303.2 305.7 295.1 343.1 13.46 5 800 2066 17.3 9.8 61 7.6 12.5 238 27 309.6 311.4 294.0 338.7 9.52 6 750 2615 14.4 0.2 38 14.2 6.6 250 20 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.4 5.17 7 700 3193 9.9 -2.9 40 12.8 3.4 272 20 313.4 314.3 291.0 327.4 4.41 8 650 3803 5.4 -7.4 39 12.7 -0.5 280 26 315.0 315.7 290.6 325.9 3.38 9 600 4451 0.2 -8.9 50 9.1 -3.8 281 35 316.3 317.0 290.8 326.9 3.24 10 550 5141 -5.5 -10.9 66 5.4 -7.7 277 40 317.6 318.1 291.0 327.4 3.02 11 500 5882 -10.3 -18.0 53 7.7 -12.9 282 34 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.7 1.85 12 450 6685 -15.1 -23.1 50 8.0 -17.3 279 28 324.2 324.5 291.4 328.8 1.32 13 400 7566 -21.0 -29.4 47 8.4 -22.8 273 32 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.7 0.84 14 350 8538 -27.8 -42.9 22 15.0 -29.6 268 31 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.25 15 300 9625 -36.9 -52.5 18 15.7 -37.9 264 33 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 16 250 10858 -47.6 -53.0 54 5.3 -47.9 261 32 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.11 17 200 12292 -58.2 -60.5 75 2.2 -58.3 253 35 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.06 18 150 14111 -56.2 -77.5 5 21.3 -56.5 235 22 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16678 -58.0 -84.9 2 27.0 -58.3 222 10 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.82 m Freezing level: 598.31 mb = 4474.26 m = 14679.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.56 mb = 3720.35 m = 12205.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.20 mb = 1307.07 m = 4288.25 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1477.46 m = 4847.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.97 mb = 1388.30 m = 4554.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.97 mb = 3665.21 m = 12024.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.97 mb = 12584.06 m = 41285.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1520.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.97 mb = 14969.69 m = 49112.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.0 neg: -13.4 tot: 171.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 16.49 Bulk Shear: 93.12 m/s