MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.67,-94.95 Latitude: 48.67 Longitude: -94.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 966 358 28.9 20.7 61 8.2 23.0 195 9 305.0 308.0 297.3 353.3 16.15 2 950 509 28.9 19.6 57 9.3 22.2 200 16 306.5 309.4 297.1 352.4 15.27 3 900 988 25.0 18.0 65 7.1 20.1 220 19 307.3 310.0 296.9 351.2 14.56 4 850 1488 21.1 16.3 74 4.7 17.8 242 19 308.2 310.8 296.7 350.2 13.88 5 800 2010 16.9 12.6 76 4.3 14.1 257 20 309.2 311.4 295.4 344.3 11.56 6 750 2558 13.4 6.8 64 6.6 9.4 288 25 311.2 312.7 293.5 336.8 8.31 7 700 3136 10.4 -0.4 47 10.8 4.6 296 34 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.8 5.31 8 650 3749 6.5 -5.0 43 11.6 0.9 291 43 316.4 317.1 291.5 329.4 4.05 9 600 4400 1.3 -9.3 45 10.5 -3.4 286 44 317.6 318.2 291.1 327.9 3.16 10 550 5093 -4.0 -13.2 49 9.2 -7.6 279 44 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.6 2.51 11 500 5838 -9.0 -17.0 52 8.0 -11.8 282 40 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.02 12 450 6645 -14.4 -22.5 50 8.1 -16.7 285 34 325.2 325.4 291.7 330.0 1.40 13 400 7526 -20.9 -28.4 51 7.5 -22.5 272 31 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.1 0.92 14 350 8499 -27.9 -38.9 34 11.0 -29.4 273 35 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.37 15 300 9585 -36.7 -42.9 53 6.2 -37.3 276 35 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.29 16 250 10819 -46.9 -51.4 60 4.5 -47.1 272 39 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 17 200 12263 -57.2 -61.0 62 3.8 -57.3 265 43 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 18 150 14063 -58.7 -75.0 11 16.3 -58.9 257 39 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16631 -57.7 -84.4 2 26.7 -58.1 251 15 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.14 m Freezing level: 588.02 mb = 4565.77 m = 14979.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.49 mb = 3881.55 m = 12734.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.78 mb = 1398.21 m = 4587.24 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 25.62 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.65 mb = 2120.91 m = 6958.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.07 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2627.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.34 mb = 1804.60 m = 5920.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.34 mb = 2509.17 m = 8232.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.34 mb = 13122.30 m = 43051.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2595.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.61 Bulk Rich Number: 19.85 Bulk Shear: 132.40 m/s